Alzheimer Disease: causes, symptoms and treatment

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ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• CAUSES SYMPTOMS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT

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INTRODUCTION TO ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Alzheimer's disease is a neurological brain
  disorder.
• Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of
  dementia, a group of disorder that impairs mental
  funtioning
• Alzheimer's is progressive and irreversible.
• Memory loss is one of the earliest symptoms,
  along with a gradual decline of other
  intellectual and thinking abilities, called
  cognitive function, and changes in personality or
  behavior

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CAUSES OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Health and environmental factors 
• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Lack Of Exercise
• Diabetes
• Smoking
• Obesity
• Heart Disease

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CONTINUE CAUSES OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Genetics
• The risk of Alzheimer increases if anyone in your
  family has this disease. However, most genetics,
  structure among families remains unexplained.
• The person who inherits gene, namely e4 (APoE4),
  have guaranteed risk of getting Alzheimer
  disease. However, there are less than 5 that
  this mutation will occur.
• Age factor
• Age factor is one of the common factors leading
  to Alzheimer disease. An increase in age,
  sometimes results in shrinking in some parts of
  the brain.
• The possibility of Dementia also gets double by
  the time a person reaches 60 years of age.

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SYMPTOMS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Behavioural
• Irritability
• Aggression
• Personality Changes
• Unnecessary repetition of words
• Personality Change
• Psychological
• Depression
• Hallucination
• Paranoia

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CONTINUE SYMPTOMS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Cognitive
• Delusion
• Mental Confusion
• Difficulty in concentrating
• Forgetfulness
• Disorientation
• Mood
• General Discontent
• Apathy
• Solitary
• Mood Swings

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DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Alzheimer disease is not easy to diagnose, as
  there is no particular test available for it. A
  doctor may do a couple of things like, checking
  patients medical history, physical examination
  to find any signs of kidney or heart related
  disease. A doctor may also perform diagnostic
  test such as MRI, CT scan or EEG to detect the
  problem related to brain cells and electrical
  impulses.

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TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Presently, doctors have not found any permanent
  cure for Alzheimer disease. There is no concrete
  treatment that will stop or reverse the damage
  done by the Alzheimer. However, through
  medication and therapy one can ease the symptoms.
  The treatment of this disease depends upon, the
  age, overall health, and medical history of the
  patient. Below are some medicines that help in
  breaking down a chemical in the brain called
  acetylcholine that promotes memory and learning

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CONTINUE TREATMENT FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE

• Exelon
• Memantine
• Namzaric
• Aricept
• Razadyne
• Other approaches that can be used to treat
  Alzheimer disease include Individual Counselling,
  Group Therapy, Crisis Intervention Therapy, Pet
  therapy, Family Therapy, Long term residential
  treatment and so on. 

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