Health:-/-WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?

WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE?

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurologic disease of the brain

leadingto the irreversible loss of neurons and the loss of

intellectual abilities, including memory and reasoning, which become

severe enough to impede social or occupational functioning.

Alzheimer's disease is also known as simply Alzheimer's, and Senile

Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT) .

During the course of the disease plaques and tangles develop within

the structure of the brain. This causes brain cells to die. Patients

with Alzheimer's also have a deficiency in the levels of some vital

brain chemicals which are involved with the transmission of messages

in the brain - neurotransmitte r

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. The disease

gets worse as it develops - it is a progressive disease. There is no

current cure for Alzheimer's, although thereare ways of slowing down

its advance and helping patients with some of the symptoms.

Alzheimer's is also a terminal disease - it is incurable and causes

death.

According the National Institute on Aging, there are estimated to be

between 2.4 million and 4.5 million Americans who have Alzheimer's.

There areapproximately 417,000 people in the UK with Alzheimer's,

according to the Alzheimer's Society./

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