Alzheimer’s and Dementia Referred to as the Memory Disease
A lot has been written and spoken about Alzheimer’s and Dementia as a memory disease.
In recent medical news, there is research that speaks about brain implants as a type of treatment that could restore memory in Alzheimer’s sufferers.
The electrical implant can possibly be used to bring back long-term memory that has been completely lost and improve it in others who have normal recall.
In addition to using it for patients with Alzheimer’s sufferers, it is also beneficial for stroke victims and people with brain injuries.
Based on current statistics of people over 65, one in three is expected to die from dementia.
Alzheimer’s disease impairs memory and gradually affects thinking and behavior.
It is the most popular form of dementia, which is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases.
A type of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, gradually gets worse with time. It also affects language, judgment, decisiveness, and personality over some time.
The risk factors for Alzheimer’s may be family history (genetics) and age.
A combination of certain genes, a family history, or some relatives having the disease and increasing age carries the risk of developing Alzheimer’s.
Some unproven risk factors also include a history of head trauma and untreated high Blood Pressure for a long time.
Alzheimer’s disease can be categorized into early-onset and late-onset groups.
The symptoms in the early onset of Alzheimer’s Disease start showing before the age of 60 and progresses rapidly and this kind of disease mostly runs in the family.
Late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease is a much more common disease developing after the age of 60.
What causes Alzheimer’s Disease is not known but it can be said that it may include both genetic and environmental factors.
The only way of determining the presence of Alzheimer’s Disease is to examine the brain tissue sample after their death.
The common changes in the brain tissue are neurofibrillary tangles, senile plaques, and neuritic plaques.
Alzheimer’s disease treatment is a drug treatment that works on slowing the symptoms of the disease and many times there are no noticeable changes.
Some other medicines may also be combined which are needed for agitated and aggressive behaviors, which may prove to be dangerous.
It is also said that research is being done on an early testing vaccine against Alzheimer’s Disease.
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, which causes thinking and memory to become seriously impaired.
It robs the person of their ability to do many of the most basic things we take for granted.
