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Alzheimer's


Alzheimer’s disease, sometimes abbreviated as AD or Alzheimer’s, is a brain deterioration disease that causes a gradual memory loss in patients. Although it typically afflicts individuals who are above the age of 65, significantly younger individuals have also suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. Anybody can suffer from Alzheimer’s disease but the probability of its occurrence increases as one grows older. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia found in people above the age of 60.

Alzheimer's disease is characterized as early onset, late onset or familial. Early onset afflicts younger individuals, typically in their 30s or 40s, and is associated with the abnormality of chromosome 14. Late onset is developed after the age of 65. Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) is extremely rare and is hereditary. Members of such families exhibit the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease beginning at a very young age.

Alzheimer's disease was named after its discoverer, a German scientist named Dr. Alois Alzheimer. Reports estimate that there are roughly 24 million Alzheimer's disease patients all over the world and among these, approximately five million Alzheimer’s disease patients in the United States.

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Causes and Risk Factors

Alzheimer’s disease is a condition in which the nerve cells, called neurons, deteriorate at an alarming rate. The human brain has more than one billion neurons that are connected at several points.

Information flows through these connections and these processes are called synapses. When an individual suffers from Alzheimer’s disease such a flow is disrupted, and as a result there is a gradual and continuous loss of memory.
The exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease is still unknown. However, it seems to develop from a combination of several factors, including genetic factors, age, reduced brain activity, lack of exercise, recurring mental trauma, concussions, family history and gender. Women are more prone than men to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

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