What's alzheimer's? does anyone know ?

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what is alzheimer's

Answer 1

yes, alzheimers is a desease of the mind, you forget things slowly, but surely, and your mind relates back to your child hood years most of the time,  

Answer 2

Alzheimers is a mental condition typically occurring at older ages. It is the most common form of dementia and caused by the brain breaking down it's protein. Alzheimer patients will begin to lose their memory. First their short term memory will fade away. After they loose the ability to remember recent events, their long term memory steadily goes down hill. After this has been completely obliterated, they will lose their ability to speak, walk, and in extreme cases eat.

My grandfather and my mom's aunt had severe alzheimers. My grandfather would forget where he lived. So taking walks was dangerous because he might get lost in should be areas. He completely forgot who his grandchildren were. He started to forget who his children where. Eventually, he lost his ability to talk. He would grunt instead. He died of a heart attack.

My mom's aunt was not so lucky. She lost her ability to walk and eat. She would need to be spoon fed. Eventually they had to move her mouth and force her to swollow. Shriveled and bed ridden, she had no clue about the world. Seeing her like that still bothers me today - 15 years later.

I hope you are not asking because a loved one has been diagnosed with it. If so, I'm dearly sorry. Treatment is still being developed. Make sure you spend a lot of quality time while you can.

Answer 3

It is a mind altering disease associated with old age. If you google it you can gets tons of information better than you will find here.

Answer 4

Is a progressive and fatal brain disease. As many as 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. 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 it is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States.

Is the most common form of dementia, a general term for the loss of memory and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Vascular dementia, another common type of dementia, is caused by reduced blood flow to parts of the brain. In mixed dementia, Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia occur together. For more information about other causes of dementia, please see Related Dementias.

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Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzeheimers