Alzheimer's Disease: Symptoms

Alzheimer’s Disease: Classification, Symptoms And Cure Affecting up to 70 percent of the people with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common old age disease. The risk of this ailment increases with age over 65. The ailment causes brain damage which results in impaired memory, thinking and performance. In 1907, the first case of Alzheimer was recorded by Dr. Alois Alzheimer in which a middle-aged woman having dementia was affected by vicissitudes in the brain. However, this illness was labelled as a rare case for over 60 years. In 1970s, Dr. Robert Katzman confirmed that Alzheimer’s sickness is ‘senile dementia’ which is the progressive degeneration of brain in old age. This ailment has been classified into sporadic and familial.

Sporadic is the most common type of Alzheimer’s that occur typically after 65 though it can transpire at any age.

Familial condition is caused by mutation of several genes. In this condition, the individual develops Alzheimer’s disease in the age of 40s and 50s.

Alzheimer’s syndrome is labelled as the progressive, irreversible disease targeting the cerebral cortex of the brain. Hence, with the passage of time, the symptoms of dementia gets more pronounced. The first few stages of Alzheimer’s causes mild memory loss. However, in the advance stages, the patients are unable to carry out normal conversations or generate environmental response. The average life of an Alzheimer’s patient is 8 years after the advance stage. Expectancy of life also depends on the patient’s age and health situations. In United States, Alzheimer’s ranks 6th most leading death causing disease.

As the old age progresses, the brain gets slower. The ability to learn gets effected with the increasing stage. Symptoms of confusion, severe memory loss may however indicate the negative condition of the brain cells. One of the common symptom of Alzheimer’s at an early stage is recalling the latest information. At an advanced state, its symptoms become extremely severe. It includes mood swings, bewilderment of time, place and events, reservations regarding family and friends, extreme memory loss along with difficulty in speaking, walking and even swallowing food.

For the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, serious efforts are being made as currently there is no cure.

The degeneration of brain progression cannot be stopped but the symptoms can be controlled to come extent. With proper drugs and caregivers, the quality of life of the patient can be improved. Several researches are made all over the world for the treatment of this disease. Doctors are taking measures for the prevention and cure of this old age ailment.

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