It is very difficult to determine the depth of pain experienced by someone with dementia. |
Alzheimer’s disease was first diagnosed just over 100 years ago, yet it remains an area of high unmet medical need with a heavy burden of care. So where are research taking companies today?
Whoever and wherever the patient, Alzheimer’s disease can leave a trail of worn out, broken-hearted relatives as they care for their loved ones on a journey that cannot be reversed
Symptoms of Alzheimer’s include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, personality changes, disorientation and loss of language skills. It is the most common of irreversible dementia
In the absence of better therapy, this global health problem will only get worse as population age. Today in 2009 it is estimated there will be over 61 million patients with dementia by 2020.
Understanding the needs of people with Alzheimer’s
Our main gold is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; at the same time to provide and enhance care and support for all affected by this disease, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. We are working very hard so that one day there would be a world without Alzheimer’s disease, but for now your donation allows us to build homes, give medicines, food, vitamins, care and also remove individuals who have Alzheimer’s disease from the street who are homeless and are from mental homes and care for them, our services are FREE.
In the case of Alzheimer’s, however, there is an additional need. “ Alzheimer’s is a condition that affects not only the patient but also the career, the patients family and society as a whole.”
While the core symptoms are memory and cognition loss, these can lead to other symptoms and physical ailments. “If an Alzheimer’s patient has trouble remembering the names of close friends and answering questions in social situations, chances are that this will eventually result in embarrassing social situations. In turn, this will lead to a lack of confidence and withdrawal.” says Dr. Jason Thode from the world health organization on Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer’s Facts
- New study today shows over 30 million people worldwide now are estimated to have Alzheimer’s
- More than 50 percent of people with Alzheimer’s live in developing countries. By 2050, this will be over 74 per cent.
- Alzheimer’s can occurs at any age, even as young as thirty (30) years in some cases.
- The new numbers shows total worldwide cost of dementia care is estimated to be well over US $460.5 billion annually
- It is not possible to predict who will get Alzheimer’s- it can strike anyone irrespective of gender, caste, creed, culture or socioeconomic status
- 21 September marks Alzheimer’s Disease Day, an umbrella body for Alzheimer’s group around the world.
Brain changes precede memory loss:
In some cases the disease is very difficult to detect until it has progressed from mild memory loss to clear impairment, individuals eventually loose all ability to care for themselves and others.
The brain structure changes can be seen in clinically normal individuals, an average of two years before they are diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. In Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease cases, lesions known as (plagues and tangles) from in the brain, due to the abnormal clumping of two proteins called beta-amyloid and tau. MRI showed loss of gray matter two to three years before symptoms.
In normal older individuals, MRI of the brain reveals loss of gray matter about two to three years before symptoms of the mind cognitive impairment set in.
Dr. William Thomas said.
It hurts me very, very much that tears sometimes come to my eyes to see so much people here in America
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2 comments:
It is a disease that attacks the brain and causes problems of memory, thought and conduct. This disease gets worse with time. In his first stage, the people express frustrations by the difficulty to formulate and to express their thoughts. Others of the first symptoms are: the lost one of the memory that affects the abilities in the work; difficulty in the execution of daily tasks, difficulty in the learning of new tasks; lost of the sense of the time and problems with the language.
Alzheimer Is a disease that attacks the brain is progressive and degenerative cause problems of memory, thought and conduct. It affects in the attention, decision making, judgment, language and personality. This disease gets worse with time. In addition to the disease of Alzheimer, there are other types of dementia, including vascular dementia (cerebral paralysis), dementia with bodies of Lewy, disease of Pick and others. Different types from dementia require different treatments.
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