Future Alzheimer's Disease
The Future Alzheimer’s Disease Sadly, while the number of deaths from nearly all other major disease have decreased over the last decade, deaths linked to Alzheimer’s has increased by an astonishing sixty eight percent. It is the only cause of death in the top ten causes in America that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed. The sheer amount of related deaths, and the cost going in to all aspects of it are absolutely staggering. The future of this disease, to put it in a single word is, scary.
A German psychiatrist and neuropathologist discovered Alzheimer’s disease in 1906; his name was Alois Alzheimer. Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia, and the most common one at that. It develops differently for every individual, but …show more content…
They’re four stages the disease is divided into based upon cognitive and functional impairments, pre-dementia, early, moderate, and advanced. There are no treatments available either that link directly to the disease. Individuals are only able to receive treatments on symptoms that they are experiencing, such as depression or aggression. Treatments come in the form of pharmaceuticals, psychosocial intervention, and caregiving. Pre-dementia is the first stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Early symptoms are often mistakenly linked to age related worries or even stress. The first symptom that an individual may have that shows concern toward the disease is memory loss. More specifically, trouble remembering recent information, and even the inability to learn new info. Frequent signs of pre-dementia are misplacing items and forget appointments often. Apathy is evident even at this stage, it being the most neuropsychiatric symptom of them …show more content…
Every sixty eight seconds another person is diagnosed with this cruel disease. We all know this is a deadly disease with absolutely no way to stop it, at least at this present time. Hopefully the future will hold information that will be used to fight Alzheimer’s, maybe not prevent or cure it but even slow its progression. The future does not look so good though with currently about five and a half million people living with Alzheimer’s in America, that number is set to triple by the year 2050; that being one in every eighty-five individuals with the
A German psychiatrist and neuropathologist discovered Alzheimer’s disease in 1906; his name was Alois Alzheimer. Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia, and the most common one at that. It develops differently for every individual, but …show more content…
They’re four stages the disease is divided into based upon cognitive and functional impairments, pre-dementia, early, moderate, and advanced. There are no treatments available either that link directly to the disease. Individuals are only able to receive treatments on symptoms that they are experiencing, such as depression or aggression. Treatments come in the form of pharmaceuticals, psychosocial intervention, and caregiving. Pre-dementia is the first stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Early symptoms are often mistakenly linked to age related worries or even stress. The first symptom that an individual may have that shows concern toward the disease is memory loss. More specifically, trouble remembering recent information, and even the inability to learn new info. Frequent signs of pre-dementia are misplacing items and forget appointments often. Apathy is evident even at this stage, it being the most neuropsychiatric symptom of them …show more content…
Every sixty eight seconds another person is diagnosed with this cruel disease. We all know this is a deadly disease with absolutely no way to stop it, at least at this present time. Hopefully the future will hold information that will be used to fight Alzheimer’s, maybe not prevent or cure it but even slow its progression. The future does not look so good though with currently about five and a half million people living with Alzheimer’s in America, that number is set to triple by the year 2050; that being one in every eighty-five individuals with the