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Alzheimer's is a continuous disease that deteriorate memory and other essential mental functions.

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Dec 30, 2017 ... Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. At first, someone with Alzheimer's disease may notice mild confusion and difficulty remembering. Eventually, people with the disease may even forget important people in their lives and undergo ...

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Alzheimer's slowly deteriorate brain cells and brain function.

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Alzheimer's is the most common type form of dementia

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It is more common in women than in men.

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Alzheimer's can lead to dementia. Patients with Alzheimer's undergo sleeping issues. They also go through disturbed memory, mood changes and confusion.

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What is Alzheimer's disease? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun

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Symptoms include...

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Scientist believed that for the most of the people with the disease is due to a combination of  genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time.

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Alzheimer’s disease - Symptoms and causes

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Understand more about this brain disorder that’s the most common cause of dementia. Also learn about new tests and medicines on the market.

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Less than 5%- the disease is caused by specific genetic changes that guarantee a person will develop Alzheimer's.

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Alzheimer’s disease - Symptoms and causes

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Understand more about this brain disorder that’s the most common cause of dementia. Also learn about new tests and medicines on the market.

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Risk Factors

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Amyloid plaques continuously rack up in the brain tissue. Tau a natural forming brain protein also rack up negatively, causing brain cells to breakdown and eventually die off.

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Dr. Tina M. St. John

Tina M. St. John runs a health communications and consulting firm. She is also an author and editor, and was formerly a senior medical officer with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. St. John holds an M.D. from Emory University School of Medicine.

Alzheimer disease is a chronic, incurable brain disorder characterized by progressive loss of brain tissue and function. The early stages of Alzheimer disease primarily affect intellectual functions. Late-stage Alzheimer disease directly or indirectly affects other body systems. The condition is ultimately fatal. The Alzheimer's Association estimates that up to 5.3 million men and women in the United States are living with Alzheimer disease.

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Alzheimer disease is principally a disease of the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord. Although the cause of Alzheimer disease remains poorly understood, specific brain abnormalities have been identified in patients with the disorder. Amyloid plaques, composed of specific proteins and pieces of dead brain cells, progressively accumulate in the brain tissue. A naturally occurring brain protein known as tau also accumulates abnormally, causing brain cells to malfunction and eventually die.

The loss of functioning brain tissue that occurs with Alzheimer disease initially causes problems with memory and learning. As the disease progresses, intellectual function, personality and mood are increasingly affected. With late-stage disease, patients lose their sense of self and present circumstances. Patients with advanced Alzheimer disease are completely dependent on others for daily care, as they have forgotten how to go about the most basic tasks of daily living. Patients do not recognize loved ones and lose the capacity to contemplate, plan, rationalize, organize and interact with their environment.

Alzheimer disease adversely affects the digestive system in several ways. According to a review published in 2013 in the "Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics," swallowing difficulties commonly occur in Alzheimer disease, and compared to other types of dementia, these difficulties often occur fairly early in the disease. People often have difficulty eating without choking. Pneumonia remains a common cause of death among people with Alzheimer disease. The onset of pneumonia is frequently associated with swallowing difficulties that lead to the accidental entry of food or liquids into the airways. People living with Alzheimer disease may develop an impaired sense of smell, which also interferes with the sense of taste. Eating may become problematic due to these impairments. Bowel control is also adversely affected with Alzheimer disease. Fecal incontinence occurs in most people with advanced disease.

People with advanced Alzheimer disease lose the ability to use their muscles in purposeful ways. Patients with late-stage disease typically lose their ability to walk. The ability to maintain posture to sit safely in a chair may also be lost. The muscles become increasingly rigid as control of the neuromuscular system declines. Accidental injuries related to declining motor function are common among people with Alzheimer disease.

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What Body Systems Are Affected by Alzheimer Disease?

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Alzheimer disease is a chronic, incurable brain disorder characterized by progressive loss of brain tissue and function. Early Alzheimer disease primarily affects intellectual functions, also known as cognitive functions, such as memory and planning. As the disease progresses, however, it directly or indirectly affects other body systems. The...

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Can the effects be prevented or treated?

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Can the effects be prevented or treated?

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Unluckily the is no cure for Alzeimer's disease, there are treatments that can temporarily improve the symptoms. Researchers are searching into prevention, so far it is know that preventing any risk of heart disease can prevent Alzheimer's disease. Factors that are involved include  high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, excess weight and diabetes.

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Alzheimer’s disease - Symptoms and causes

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There is diet that has been associated with reducing risk of Alzheimer's disease, this diet is known as "The Mediterranean diet". This diet affirm fresh produce, healthy oils and foods low in saturated fat. This diet can also lower the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and stroke.

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Alzheimer’s disease - Symptoms and causes

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Short Term Memory

This is the first symptom of Alzheimer's. Proteins invade other parts of the brain creating changes that signal different stages of the disease.

Logical Thoughts

The protein that causes Alzheimer's begins to destroy logical thoughts.

Erratic Mood Change

Then the protein moves to the place where emotions are process, causing mood changes.

Paranoia & Hallucinations

It later moves to the top of the brain where it begins to process paranoia and hallucinations.

Long Term Memory

The plaques and tangles work together in the back of the brain to attack long term memory.

The Control Center

The protein ends up finishing up in the control center were heart beat and breathing is controlled causing is death.

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What is Alzheimer's disease? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun