Alzheimer's+Disease

​​Alzheimer's disease Symptoms ​


 * Memory loss that disrupts daily life
 * Challenges in planning or solving problems
 * Difficulty completing familiar tasks at home or work
 * Confusion with time and place
 * Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships
 * New problems with words in speaking or writing
 * Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps
 * Decreased or poor judgment
 * Withdrawed from work or social activities
 * Changes in mood

Alzheimer's is a very common disease, about 360,000 Americans get it each year. Around 90% of people over the age of 65 have it.

5.3 million people in the United States have Alzheimer's, every 70 seconds somebody gets it. So by the time your done looking at my website about 3-5 more people will have it. Alzheimer's is the seventh leading cause of death.

Alzheimer's affects parts of the brain that deal with memory and thoughts, mostly only elder people catch the disease. It can be caused by a malfunctioning protein called __TAU.__

Apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the gene that causes Alzheimer's. The gene is located on the chromosome 19.

There is no other given name for Alzheimer's, but people may call it Dementia.

There isn't a treatment to deal with Alzheimer's, but doctors have been providing people that have the disease with Aricept, (a donepezil HCI tablet.) Doctors have been researching the pill Aricept and combining it with Dimebon that will help the memory, daily functioning, behavior, and to care for their own selves.

The McCourt Foundation! The McCourt Foundation has been going for 18 years. They raise both corporate and philanthropic donations to support Alzheimer's. They also provide medical updates and seminars to help educate patients. The McCourt Foundation creates greater general public awareness of Alzheimer's.

[|The McCourt Foundation]

Shirley's Story ​​​​**Shirley's mother suffered from Alzheimer's for 5 years. In the beginning she forgot many things and couldn't finish very many tasks. It was hard for Shirley and her whole family to take care of her mother. They decided to put her in a nursing home but it was really difficult. After 6 weeks in the home her mother died.**

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