Let’s know about Alzheimer’s disease

 Do you ever think that if we forget our routine tasks like how to eat food, how to take bath, how to talk to someone, then think how our life could become miserable. The worst part of life is when we are unable to recall our name, recent conversation, and the people whom we talk to on a regular basis. Don’t you think it is horrible? Today, we will take a gaze at such situations.

Alzheimer’s is a brain disorder that gets worse with time. This disease is characterized by sudden changes in the brain that lead to deposition of certain proteins. It is considered one of the most common causes of dementia which is characterized by a gradual decline in memory, social skills, thinking and behavior. People with Alzheimer’s disease gradually lose all their past and present memories. In fact a time comes like this when these people forget their name and are unable to recognize their family members.

Early signs of the disease

People start to forget their recent conversations or events.  Over time, it becomes a serious memory issue and loses their ability to do daily routine tasks. It becomes traumatic for the person while remembering things or conversation. 

Figure 1 Alzheimer’s disease


I know! Everyone is thinking, there are bunches of events and conversations that have been missed from our memories, which took place during our development stage and teenager stage as we cannot store all the memories in our brain. So, what's the issue in this? I agree with the statement as memory lapse at times, but the memory loss completely then it is the sign of Alzheimer’s disease. There are several other signs that associates people with Alzheimer’s disease such as if the person repeatedly asking the question or statement over and over in each meeting, get lost the places that they used to know very well, forget the name of family members and relation and often time forget the word for object or can say forget to express thoughts.

 

The person with Alzheimer’s disease declines their ability to make any sensible decisions as well as judgments in routine situations. In fact, these people forget how to perform basic tasks such as bathing, dressing and having food. With these facts, we can get how miserable the situation is for them and what states of memory the person has.


                                                          Figure 2 Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease brings changes in people's personality and behavior such as social withdrawals, aggression, mood swings, wandering, loss of inhibition and delusion like something has been stolen.

 

Unfortunately, there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease yet. There is some mediational therapy that could help people improve or slow the progression of symptoms.  So, it is crucial for the people with this disease to keep an assistant who can help them regularly to perform daily activities.

 

As I previously mentioned regarding hyperthymestic syndrome and gave an example of “Remember” web series. As same I will give for the Alzheimer’s disease. In the Remember movie, Alzheimer’s disease explained very well and explained, how person with Alzheimer’s cannot keep recall recent events and conversation.


I hope everyone likes this topic.

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