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Alzheimer's Disease Treating Center in NYC
More than 5 million Americans now have Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named after the German
physician, Alois Alzheimer who first described it in
1906. Alzheimer's destroys brain cells, causing problems with
memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work,
lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over
time and it is fatal. Today Alzheimer’s is the seventh-leading cause of
death in the United States. Just like the rest of our bodies,
our brain also ages. Alzheimer’s is much more than memory loss. One
should realize that Alzheimer’s is debilitating for the families watching
their loved one get worse and worse. The diagnosis should
always be done by a doctor and it should be realized that the
diagnosis is a process of eliminating other diseases first.
Some common signs include:
- Memory loss – a person begins to
forget more often and unable to recall the information later
- Difficulty in performing familiar tasks
- Problems with language
- Disorientation to time and place
- Poor or decreased judgment
- Problems with abstract thinking
- Misplacing things
- Changes in mood or behavior
- Changes in personality
- Loss of initiative
Some of the diseases that must be excluded first include:
- Drug interactions
- High blood pressure
- Infections
- Poor thyroid function
- Transient ischemic strokes
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