Alzheimer's Disease
Forgetfulness could well be a characteristic feature of old age. However, Alzheimer’s disease is an ailment that ruptures the memory of the people. It is a neurodegenerative disease that causes brain cells to die. Initially it messes up with the chronology of events and gradually progresses to forgetfulness of basic… ...Read more
Forgetfulness could well be a characteristic feature of old age. However, Alzheimer’s disease is an ailment that ruptures the memory of the people. It is a neurodegenerative disease that causes brain cells to die. Initially it messes up with the chronology of events and gradually progresses to forgetfulness of basic habits like eating and pooping too. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia.
The progression of Alzheimer’s could be categorized into 3 stages:
- Preclinical stage: Here the symptoms don’t occur visibly but the ailment has already started growing.
- Mild- cognitive impairment: This is when the symptoms start showing, however this is rather mild.
- Dementia: At this stage, the ailment has progressed beyond complete cure.
- Diminishing ability to grasp or adapt to new information. This could also involve forgetting new appointments, misplacing personal belongings and so on.
- Impairment of complex thinking, reasoning and so on.
- Inability to use/ recognize simple tools or even most familiar faces.
- Changes in personality.
- Anxiety and excessive stress.
- Nerve damage
- Brain injury
- Bad lifestyle
- Chronic diseases such as diabetes and fluctuating blood pressure.
- Old-age
- Genetics
- Environmental factors
