| Introduction
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| | often with a pre-mortem brain biopsy.
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| Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called
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| | Careful neuropsychological testing can
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| Alzheimer disease, and simply known as
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| | reveal mild cognitive difficulties even
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| Alzheimer's, is a neurodegenerative
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| | eight years before a person fullfils
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| disease that, in its most common form, is
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| | clinical criteria of diagnosis.
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| found in people over 65 years old.
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| | Symptoms
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| Alzheimer's disease has been identified
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| | Symptoms of AD include memory loss,
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| as a protein misfolding disease, or
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| | language deterioration, impaired ability
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| proteopathy, due to the accumulation of
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| | to mentally manipulate visual
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| abnormally folded A-beta and tau proteins
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| | information, poor judgment, confusion,
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| in the brains of AD patients.
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| | restlessness, and mood swings. But
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| Alzheimer's destroys brain cells, causing
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| | treatments for symptoms, combined with
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| problems with memory, thinking and
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| | the right services and support, can make
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| behavior severe enough to affect work,
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| | life better for the millions of Americans
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| lifelong hobbies or social life.
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| | living with Alzheimer's. 30% of the
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| Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent
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| | patients also develop illusionary
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| type of dementia in the elderly and
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| | misidentifications and other delusional
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| affects almost half of all patients with
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| | symptoms. All these symptoms probably
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| dementia. Alzheimer's is a major public
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| | make this stage the most stressful of all
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| health challenge since the median age of
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| | for relatives and caretakers, increasing
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| the industrialized world's population is
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| | the likelihood of ending home care.
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| increasing gradually.
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| | Treatment
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| Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
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| | Traditional medical treatment may depend
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| There is a great deal of optimism that
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| | on the developmental stage of the
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| early screening and diagnosis of
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| | disease. Treatment modalities include
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| Alzheimer's disease will result in
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| | counseling, psychotherapy (if cognitive
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| treatments that may reduce some of the
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| | functioning is adequate), reminiscent
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| risk factors. At the time of a diagnosis,
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| | therapy, reality orientation therapy, and
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| an individual is not necessarily in the
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| | behavioral reinforcements as well as
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| early stage of the disease; he or she may
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| | cognitive rehabilitation training.
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| have progressed beyond the early stage.
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| | Treatment includes relieving the
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| Accordingly; for most of the twentieth
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| | patient's symptoms and alleviating stress
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| century, the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
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| | on care givers through support groups and
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| disease was reserved for individuals
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| | counseling services.
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| between the ages of 45 and 65 who
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| | Conclusion
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| developed symptoms of dementia. In most
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| | The average course of the disease from
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| people with the disease the increasing
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| | the time it is diagnosed to death is
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| impairments in learning and memory will
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| | about 6 to 8 years. Alzheimer's disease
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| lead to diagnosis, while in a small
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| | cannot be definitely diagnosed until
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| proportion of them language, executive or
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| | after death, when the brain can be
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| visuoconstructional dificulties will be
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| | closely examined for certain microscopic
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| more salient.
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| | changes caused by the disease.
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| However, a definitive diagnosis of
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| | Alzheimer's disease has a tremendous
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| Alzheimer's disease as a particular cause
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| | impact at any age. With new treatment its
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| of dementia must await microscopic
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| | more important than ever that you
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| examination of brain tissue; which
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| | recognize early symptoms and get help as
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| generally occurs at autopsy and less
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| | soon as possible.
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