{"id":4208,"date":"2025-01-21T06:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/alzheimers\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2025-02-24T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:22:26","slug":"why-are-alzheimers-and-dementia-referred-to-as-the-memory-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/alzheimers\/why-are-alzheimers-and-dementia-referred-to-as-the-memory-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Alzheimer’s and Dementia Referred to as the Memory Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Referred to as the Memory Disease<\/span><\/p>\n

A lot has been written and spoken about Alzheimer’s and Dementia as a memory disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to using it for patients with Alzheimer’s sufferers, it is also beneficial for stroke victims and people with brain injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on current statistics of people over 65, one in three is expected to die from dementia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s disease impairs memory and gradually affects thinking and behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the most popular form of dementia, which is a loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n

A type of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, gradually gets worse with time. It also affects language, judgment, decisiveness, and personality over some time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The risk factors for Alzheimer’s may be family history (genetics) and age.<\/span><\/p>\n

A combination of certain genes, a family history, or some relatives having the disease and increasing age carries the risk of developing Alzheimer’s.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some unproven risk factors also include a history of head trauma and untreated high Blood Pressure for a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s disease can be categorized into early-onset and late-onset groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease is a much more common disease developing after the age of 60.<\/span><\/p>\n

What causes Alzheimer’s Disease is not known but it can be said that it may include both genetic and environmental factors.<\/span><\/p>\n

The only way of determining the presence of Alzheimer’s Disease is to examine the brain tissue sample after their death.<\/span><\/p>\n

The common changes in the brain tissue are neurofibrillary tangles, senile plaques, and neuritic plaques.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some other medicines may also be combined which are needed for agitated and aggressive behaviors, which may prove to be dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is also said that research is being done on an early testing vaccine against Alzheimer’s Disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain, which causes thinking and memory to become seriously impaired.<\/span><\/p>\n

It robs the person of their ability to do many of the most basic things we take for granted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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