ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Introduction: Alzheimer's disease or AD, as it is better known in the medical field, a kind of neurodegenerative disease caused by a deterioration in the performance along with the weakening of the regular lifestyle activities and neuropsychiatry symptoms or changes in behavior settings. This condition is considered the most universal cause of dementia. The disease is interviewed by the German psychiatrist Dr. Alois Alzheimer, the 55-year-old woman patient Auguste. The doctor showed her several objects and asked them for a while about what they have actually seen, for which the patient is completely empty. First, the doctor their behavior as recorded in writing Amnesic disease and eventually she became so identified for the first time patients with Alzheimer's desease.

Various forms of Alzheimer's disease: Many doctors and researchers have categorized this disease in several species are known as: The Early onset of Alzheimer's disease, diagnosed the rare nature of this desease in patients with the disease before the age of 65. The other type is the late onset of dementia is the most common form of the disease occurs, usually after 65 years. The last type is known as Familial Alzheimer's disease-FAD, the nature of the disease is entirely inherited.

Causes: Age is the main cause of this desease. This disease is a complex disease and there are several explanations about their causes. The disease begins damaging the brain occur years before their symptoms. Most scientists believe that this disease begins with the construction of beta-amyloid protein in the brain. In addition to this, genetic disorders, brain damage, estrogen, smoking, traditional lifestyle, education and environmental diseases can also cause that this desease.

Symptoms: The most common symptoms include: confusion, impaired short-term memory, problems with attention and spatial orientation, personality changes, language difficulties and unexpected abrupt change in mood. But is not every patient should experience the same symptoms.

Diagnosis: Although the disease is very common, often undetected or misdiagnosed more during its early phase. The medical professionals and family members usually mistakenly believe their symptoms as a common time but problems. However, some problems may even lead to dementia, such as depression, malnutrition and other interactions can not be cured, but the Alzheimer's disease anyway.

Treatment: The disease has practically no cure, but the currently available drugs, the indicative comparatively little benefit to the patient, but some of the improvement of the symptoms is very slow.