A Look Into Alzheimers Disease

A look into Alzheimer's Disease
The reason that I chose Alzheimer's Disease as the disease that I will report on is because I felt
that it is very interesting and common within people over the age of sixty. I believed that I if I need a great
deal about this disease, I would understand more about why so many people have become devastated by it.
A good friend of my Grandfather's also had the disease but he has passed away. I do know however, that as
soon as it was understood that he had the disease, he had to begin to change the way his life worked
significantly. For one, he really couldn't go outside alone and he couldn't do much without his wife by his
side. He had to stay home most of the time dreaming about imaginary things and repeating stories over and
over again. His memory gradually receded and he began to lose control of bodily functions such as his
ability to feed himself or to communicate with others. After seven years of painful suffering, he died.

The symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are rather easy to distinguish and classify. Patients of the
disease lose much of the information that they have recently learned and cannot learn anything new. They
begin to constantly misplace objects, often repeat themselves, and usually become confused in simple
situations. When in relatively simplex places patients may become lost or even forget where they are.
Psychologically however, patients begin to become depressed most of the time and be anxious or confused.
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A Look Into Alzheimers Disease

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