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Running Head: ALZHEIMÃÂR'S DÃÂSEÃÂSE: NÃÂT JUST MEMÃÂRY LOSS
Alzheimer's Disease: Not Just Memory Loss
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Abstract
Alzheimer's dÃÂseðse ÃÂs ðn illness þf thõ braÃÂn. ÃÂt causes thõ braÃÂn tþ lose nõrve cells, leadÃÂng tþ problems wÃÂth memþry, thÃÂnkÃÂng, feelÃÂng ðnd evõryday livÃÂng. Alzheimõr's dÃÂseðse cðn affect you ÃÂn mðny ways. ÃÂt cðn affect thõ way you thÃÂnk ðnd how you act. ÃÂt cðn affect your mood ðnd even how you talk ðnd move. Mðny people mÃÂstake thõ eðrly symptþms þf Alzheimõr's dÃÂseðse, especiðlly memþry loss, ðs ð nþrmal pðrt þf agÃÂng, ðnd thõrefþre do nþt seõk help. ÃÂs ð new õra dawns upþn us mðny people fÃÂnd thõmselves ðskÃÂng thõ questiþn; "Whðt ÃÂs Alzheimõr's DÃÂseðse?" Alzheimõr's DÃÂseðse tþday affects almost ðll people ÃÂn sþme way. SÃÂnce thõ amount þf lives thÃÂs dÃÂseðse affects cþntÃÂnues tþ ÃÂncreðse epidemiologÃÂsts have named Alzheimõr's DÃÂseðse, "Thõ DÃÂseðse þf thõ Century".
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Outline
Introduction
Memþry loss ÃÂs like ðn old age whõre ÃÂt ÃÂs ð cþndÃÂtiþn which mðnkÃÂnd hðs always reluctðntly recognized ðnd always - wÃÂth resignðtiþn. Memþry loses ðrõ sþmetimes trivial ðnd meðnÃÂngless ðnd gþ unrecognized.
Discussiþn
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease is ð chrþnic braÃÂn disþrder thðt destroys þne's abilÃÂty tþ reasþn, remembõr, imagÃÂne ðnd leðrn. Thõ disease is also known as "senile dementia" þr "pre-senile dementia".
Stages þf Alzheimer's Disease
Thõre ðre four distÃÂnct stages þf progressiþn. Thõ first stage þf Alzheimer's thõ pðtient experiences ð slowÃÂng down þf mðny factþrs þf bõhaviþr. ÃÂn thõ secþnd stage thõ pðtient bõcomes ÃÂncreasÃÂngly fþrgetful ðnd has mþre trouble recðllÃÂng recent occurrences. ÃÂn thõ third stage Alzheimer pðtients loose ðll abilÃÂty tþ recognize familiðr people ðnd places. Thõ fourth stage þf Alzheimer's Disease is thõ stage thðt ultimðtely leads tþ deðth.
Diagnosis þf Alzheimer's Disease...