- Oh, dear, what is the name of that German, from which I am crazy?
- Alzheimer, grandmother.
We often swear our parents for forgetfulness, not understanding that this is not unwillingness to remember the important trifles, not ignoring our requests, not absentmaking - so you can miss the beginning of a serious illness. In other matters, the disease can be covered with senior whims and harmful character. So how to distinguish one from the other?
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Alas, Alzheimer's disease is not treated and only progresses. Only in one year it dies about one and a half million people. According to the director of the Department of Mental Health, WHO Shehara Saxen, 47 million people in the world are sick. According to the forecast of the British Research Center Alzheimer Disease International by 2050 there will be 131.5 million people suffering from this disease.
It only remains not to miss the beginning of the disease from their loved ones and as soon as possible to begin treatment to extend their sound consciousness as long as possible. There are obvious signs of the occurrence of this ailment, after the detection of which you need to begin to beat the alarm.
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Apathy
An elderly man suddenly, unexpectedly. Refuses favorite classes. Changes with its habits, sluggishly reacts to external stimuli. He stops communicating with friends and relatives, even very close. It becomes closed. Trying to rarely leave the house. Even go to the next store, in which many annoying people becomes a problem.
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Undust
The former dandy turns into a dirty old man who does not care that his shirt was erased a month ago, and on the tablecloth stain. He does not care how he looks like, the passersby think about him. The patient ceases to wash, combed, shave. Only a close person can notice such changes.
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Anxiety
Due to the forgetfulness, a person can start a constant unfortunate concern. He constantly asks his loved ones about their plans, several times a day. But very aggressively reacts when you remind you that they talked about this hour ago. It begins to cover its forgetfulness and clarify the details to get the information completely.
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Worsening vision
If the oculist did not find any age diseases: Cataract, glaucoma, and so on, then most likely the patient's brain simply processes the picture that has seen than before. Such deterioration may be associated with hearing and smell.
These four features are the first calls that your loved one is not all good with memory. He begins to lose items on the usual places, a long-looking glasses, which he has for his forehead, forgets what he wanted to tell you.
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All these are reasons to contact the specialists. The doctor will help to choose a course of medication treatment, which will help you to be your family in a right mind and memory.