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Unit 2 Degenerative Disease

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Task 2

Degenerative Diseases -
Alzheimer’s -
There are seven risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease and they include:
- Age: After 65 the risk will increase, symptoms can start developing as early as their 30s for people with rare genetic changes.
- Family history and genetics: If one of your parents has Alzheimer’s, you will become more at risk of developing it also and this can also be from your sibling also.
- Sex: Even though women live longer than men, they may be more at risk of developing this disease than men.
- Mild cognitive impairment: People with MCI are more at risk but it is not certain that they can develop dementia later in their life.
- Past head trauma: Two problems can be at greater risk of this disease and that is for people who have had bad head trauma or repeated head trauma.
- Lifestyle and heart health: There are some life styles that can be at a bigger risk of developing this disease and a few of them are: lack of exercise, smoking, poorly controlled diabetes, a diet that lacks fruits and vegetables.
- Lifelong learning and social engagement: Mentally and socially stimulating activities can also increase the risk of developing this disease, these activities will include: increased levels of formal education, a stimulating job, mentally …show more content…

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