Alzheimer's Disease: A Lifestyle Disease - Part 1
Alzheimer’s Disease: A Lifestyle Disease | Intermittent Fasting for Today’s Aging Woman
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that impacts memory, thinking, and language. It causes dementia. Dementia is a term used to describe the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s causes dementia!
Note: Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. Signs and signals gradually increase and become more persistent!
More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. 2/3 are women!
What to look for:
Memory loss (recent things)
Confusion about time and place
Daily tasks become confusing
Loss for words
Difficulty in judging situations
Mood and personality changes
There are 3 stages:
- Mild (early)
- Moderate (middle)
- Severe (late)
Mild:
Best described as forgetfulness
- Words, objects, names of people or places
- Repeating questions
- inability to plan or organize
Moderate:
Signs of increased forgetfulness
- inability to recognize people
- continuously repeating questions, stories, etc.
- inability to manage daily tasks: organized bills, planning events, remembering calendared events
- lack of concern about personal appearance
- needed assistance to prepare for your day (appropriate seasonal clothing, etc)
Severe
Almost total memory loss
- mistaken identity
- delusional
- increased need for comfort, nigiri for or tactile stimulation
- inability to perform daily tasks or recognize daily needs
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For more information about Alzheimer's Disease visit: Alzheimer's Foundation of America
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