All You Need To Know About Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease or people just call it Alzheimer’s in a simple explanation is one of disease that attack someone memory. When people are diagnosed to have this disease your memory span will get less and less then eventually in the worst condition you will forget even who you are and what is your name. Well the name of this disease in the modern age has already known because some of the famous people also diagnosed to have Alzheimer’s disease. One of them is the United States President: Ronald Reagan. There are the others media like films and novel that promote the information of Alzheimer’s disease to the public so the public become aware of the problem of this disease. Movie such as The Notebook (2004), A Moment to Remember (2004), Ashita No Kioku (2006) are the example of movies that include this disease to the story. We should also give our thanks to these movies because we are able to aware of the danger of this disease.

Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms

It is really unfortunate that the cause of Alzheimer’s disease have not found yet. Some of researchers believe that it has something to do with the genetic. The symptoms of the disease are often overlooked though it is apparently an everyday thing. If you experience such as forgetting to put your everyday things, often getting lost, having trouble to make a detailed plan, having trouble in coming up with the right words, or feeling moody and less social you may have mild Alzheimer. Meanwhile if you get forget details about your address, phone number or even where you went to school or college; starting to forget your family and friends, suddenly get poor judgment in health, finance or safety; and forget to put clothes in the right order you may have moderate Alzheimer. While severe Alzheimer is designated with the inability to speak more than few words or about half dozen, difficulty in walking, unable to smile, sit up or even hold up the head, difficulty in controlling bladder, changing in personality, easily getting lost even in his or her own home. For the mild and moderate Alzheimer you may be able to ask the assistance of doctor to help relieving the symptoms but for severe Alzheimer there is no way to fix or even help to reduce the symptoms. Only extra care may be able to help the patient with severe Alzheimer. 

The Treatment And Prevention

There is no treatment yet for the severe Alzheimer. The people who are in severe Alzheimer is often to be cared by caregiver. However for the people who are still in mild or moderate Alzheimer there is still hope for making it to stop progressing. You can start to live healthy and avoid alcohol. Try to carry notebook and immediately write the things that you often forget. Ask for people assistance to help you remember while you are in forgetting something such as everyday things. These kinds of preventions may be able to reduce the progress of Alzheimer’s disease.