Alzheimers disease is a form of a mental disorder known as "dementia". Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously hampers the brain's ability to process rational or normal thought and inhibits the daily activities of its sufferers because of this. Alzheimers disease, therefore, affects the part of the brain that is responsible for thought, memory, and language.

Alzheimers disease robs you of intellectual and social abilities and interferes with regular life. About 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimers Disease. The disease usually affects seniors over the age of 65. As the population ages this number is expected to quadruple.

People with Alzheimer's disease may participate in scientific clinical trials. In order to qualify to participate in the studies, certain tests must be conducted. For more information about participating in current clinical studies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, one can find out more information by calling 1-800-438-4380, which is the Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Center. The Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Centers are located throughout the United States.

Additionally, as more and more doctors become aware of the benefits of alternative medicines, general nutrition and the role that vitamins, mineral and herbal supplements play in preventing Alzheimer's a cure could be in the offing in the foreseeable future.

Causes

Scientists do not yet fully understand the causes of Alzheimer's disease. There probably is not one single cause, but several factors that affect each person differently.

Recent studies indicate that amyloid beta protein may cause Alzheimer's disease. In healthy people, this protein can cross the blood-brain barrier (the wall of blood vessels that feed the brain and regulate the entry and exit of brain chemicals) and leave the brain. In people with Alzheimers disease, amyloid beta protein can't pass through that barrier. As more amyloid beta protein accumulates in a person's brain, they become more and more mentally disabled.

Symptoms of Alzheimers Disease

The earliest symptom of Alzheimer's disease is memory loss. Memory loss by itself is not an indication that a person has Alzheimer's disease. Some memory loss is a natural part of growing old. People with Alzheimer's can lose their sense of time and place - they may, for example, get dressed in the middle of the night or walk off and get lost. In early stages of the disease, family or friends may notice changes in behaviour.

An Alzheimer's symptom may often disguise itself as just an every day lapse in memory, or irritability at a daily situation. Family members may dismiss the Alzheimer's symptom in their loved one as simply a sign of getting older. The Alzheimer's Association has complied a list of symptoms that should serve as warning signs to families who think they have Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive deterioration of the brain, first described in 1907 by the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915). It is the most common form of dementing, or mind-depriving, illness, affecting cells in an area of the brain important to memory.




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