Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer’s disease is one type of dementia. “Alzheimer’s disease is a neurological disorder in which the death of brain cells causes memory loss and cognitive decline” it is a atrophy of the brain cells without apparent cause. Alzheimer’s disease affects elder people. This disease rarely occurs before the age of 60. The most of the patient age between 65 to 90. The patient with age 85 years and over have high risk to getting Alzheimer’s disease than other. Therefor, it often affects the individuals over the age of 65 years. In this essay I will explain history, symptom, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s disease was first described by German physician Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906.
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The most important of the symptoms are worsened ability to take in and remember new information, impaired speaking, reading, and writing, and change in personality and behavior.
There are three stages of Alzheimer’s disease the early stage, intermediate stage, and final stage. The disease usually starts slowly and gets worse over time. In first stage, it begins difficult to remember events and nearby names for patient. In intermediate stage, Patient will begin overlooking the occasion of his every day action and day by day obligations. In final stage, Patient will be unable to care out his daily life chores without assistance.
To diagnosis Alzheimer’s disease confirm level of mental sign and symptoms to know if it type of dementia or other disease. The diagnostic depend on the doctor. The doctor see the history of the patient, do some of the physical examination, and check in your logical function. Maybe the doctor need to do more diagnostic as the blood test. During the early and moderate stages diagnosis, modifications to the living environment and lifestyle can increase patient safety and reduce caretaker burden. Examples of such modifications are the adherence to simplified routines, the placing of safety locks, the labeling of household items to cue the person with the disease or the use of modified daily life objects. If eating becomes problematic, food will need to be prepared in smaller pieces or even pureed. When swallowing difficulties arise, the use of feeding tubes may be