What is Alzheimer's?
Western Kentucky University
Image yourself walking into church one morning and sitting beside your family and not having a single clue who anybody is or where you are at. Alzheimer's disease is a permanent, progressive brain disease that gradually terminates a person's memory and overtime the disease will take away your ability to do your day to day lifestyle. Alois Alzheimer was the first to discover the disease in 1906 by studying a patient that had suffered from memory loss. Today the disease has affected more than 5 million people and we still do not know much of the disease, only that it is terminal. Although there is not an exact cure for Alzheimer's, there are still many ways to help prevent or even cope with this disease. Diet is the main way to help prevent this disease, but there are some that just cannot avoid it.
For those that cannot stop this disease from happening simply have to learn how to live with it, and most of the time it's usually harder for the families to manage instead of the actual patient. Once you develop Alzheimer's, death is unavoidable and cannot be stopped; so it is essential that you confront the challenge that poses a threat to you or your family member's health.
Alzheimer's is a deteriorating brain disorder that attacks your brains nerve cells, or neurons which can result in a loss of memory, thinking and speaking skills, and also in how you behave. As people begin to age, the disease effects a larger amount of Americans. From 2010 to 2050 the number of 65 year olds will more than likely double to 20 percent of the population; those 65 and older will rise three times higher to 19 million, according to the...