Tuesday 24 May 2011

10 Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease is a disease that slowly develops in the brain that diminishes the memory eventually causing disturbance in planning, language and reasoning.
Alzheimer’s disease mostly affects the people after the age of 70 and almost 50% of people over the age of 85 are affected due to it. Some people live up to the age of 100 and never get Alzheimer’s disease
The Alzheimer’s Association has made a list of following list of warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease. If anyone shows the following symptoms, he/she should see a physician for complete checkup.
  1. Loss of memory.
  2. Difficulty in performing well-known tasks.
  3. Problems with language.
  4. Not recognition of time and place.
  5. Poor judgment.

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