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1407011688What is Alzheimer’s disease? (Bee & Boyd, 2012)

//Alzheimer's// disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells, or neurons, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and behavioral changes. [1] (Alzheimer's Foundation of America, 2013) Alzheimer’s begins with benign symptoms. Sometimes being misdiagnosed as [|//Multi-infarct dementia//] (MID)[2]; misplacing objecting in unusual places, difficulty organizing thoughts or remembering things, and //dementia//; End stage symptoms become completely debilitating; problems communicating other health problems (pain, anxiety, or discomfort), inability to swallow; [aspirating food] lung infections and pneumonia, losing control of bowel or bladder functions and death. Alzheimer’s disease is thought to be caused by several factors; heredity, depression, head or brain trauma, and lifestyle. Without the exact cause of Alzheimer’s the damaging effects on brain cells becomes evident [microscopically] on tissue samples of deceased patients. The brains cells die causing the brain to shrink, with less and less synaptic (inner-connective) tissue of the brain and loss of brain function. To view slides of the two types of Alzheimer’s brain cell abnormalities follow the links: [|plaques (beta-amyloid)] and [|tangles]. I was unfortunate enough to watch my grandmother slowly succumb to the horrendous effects of this disease.

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//[1]// Alzheimer's Foundation of America (2013). Retrieved from http://www.alzfdn.org/AboutAlzheimers/definition.html [2] Joseph V. Campellone, M. (2014, 14 10). //U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health .// Retrieved from Medline Plus : []

//Alzheimer's Foundation of America//. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.alzfdn.org/AboutAlzheimers/definition.html Bee, H., & Boyd, D. (2012). Alzheimer's disease and other Dementia. In H. Bee, & D. Boyd, //Lifespan Development// (p. 445). Pearson Learning Solutions. Joseph V. Campellone, M. (2014, 14 10). //U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.// Retrieved from Medline Plus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000746.htm Mayo Clinic Staff. (2014). Retrieved from Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/basics/symptoms/con-20023871

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