Alzheimer's Disease staging is one of the most frequent causes of dementia (dementia) in elderly patients. Dementia is characterized by pronounced decline in intellectual functions rights violations power to a proper understanding of the environment and act independently. Disease cited by the name of A. Alzheimer's, this form of the disease in 1906. Untreated, the disease steadily progresses and leads to the destruction of all mental functions. Causes of Alzheimer's finally clarified. There is a lot of evidence of hereditary nature of disease. However, there are cases which do not involve inherited predisposition, especially with a later start of the disease. Alzheimer's Disease can begin over the age of 50 years, but more frequently after 70 and particularly after 80 years.

Alzheimer's develops slowly, subtly. The first manifestation of the disease are of memory and attention. New information was digested getting worse. Man becomes scattered, current events in his experiences supplanted recovery memories of the past. Typically, in early stage disease suffers orientation in time. Breached idea of a temporary sequence of events. In other cases, the disease begins with changes in the older person. He became rude, selfish, apathetic, erased earlier inherent personality characteristics. Finally, the first manifestations of Alzheimer's can be delirium or hallucinations, as well as prolonged depression. In the early stages of Alzheimer's patients rarely get to a doctor, especially if there is no impairment.

Typically, relatives are considering human memory and the changing nature of the natural aging. Meanwhile, health care begun in the early stages of Alzheimer's, most effectively. Currently, there are methods and tools survey of making correct diagnosis in the early stages of Alzheimer's. In further signs of the disorder Alzheimer's dementia becomes apparent. Individual orientation in time, space, environment. Patients do not know the date, month and year can be lost in a familiar place, not always understand where people are not told friends and loved ones. Gradually violated orientation and personal.

Patients can call their age, forget key facts of life. Often there is a "shift in the past : they consider themselves to children or young people, say that their long-deceased parents are alive. Breached the usual skills : patients lose the ability to use appliances, unable to get dressed. The conscious action supplanted stereotypical mean and senseless collecting things. Breached the ability to account letter. Is it. Initially, much vocabulary.

Current events in the rhetoric of the patient supplanted false memories. Gradually, it is increasingly losing its meaning, making patients become stereotyped phrases, piecemeal words and syllables. As far coming stages of Alzheimer's patients lose the ability to be completely without help, voice and mobility limited activity meaningless shouting and stereotypical movements in the bed. Currently, drugs whose effectiveness in treating Alzheimer's disease confirmed in clinical trials. Use of these drugs can significantly delay the progression of the disease, prolong the lives of patients, partially offset already broken mental functions, improve the processes of thinking and social functioning of patients and facilitate care. The effectiveness of treatment is substantially enhanced with the appointment of preparations being primary or moderate dementia.

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