How can tell you are suffering from old timers disease?

Question

my mother had old timers disease and she forget even i was her son. i am 62 and forgetting a lot of stuff? i don't even know the spelling of AD and i am scared. Please people do not give me some foolish question as i am very upset about this condition. God Bless you and i hope you never get such a thing

Answer 1

Alzheimers Disease runs in families. So if you have a parent with this disease it is very likely you will get it. There is a test you can take to find out if you have it and I highly recommend this test because if they find it early they can do so much more. The scientists have been studying this disease heavily for ten years and they have found that early detection can slow the disease so that you can function for a long time. I know even a young person that has it and the medications work wonders.

Find a doctor and get the test. If it is AD and not dimentia they can get you stated on medication and lifestyle changes. If it is dementia you can do somethings to help like take Ginko Biloba supplements and talk to a nutritionist for the right diet and supplements. They are finding many brain diseases such as memory loss are agrivated by fats in the diet. Fats block arteries and veins that feed oxygen to your system. If you block them, you brain does not get the oxygen it needs to replace cells. It is always good to get a complete physical to rule out block arteries. Plaque can slowly block them and starve the brain.
I take a Lifeline Screening every year to see how my arteries are and if they are blocked. This is offered independently from the doctors. They travel the US offering these tests and you get about 6 tests for around $115. Pretty good deal to catch a problem early. You can enter it in a search and probably find where it is offered.
Get the test right away for AD. You can not reverse it but you can slow it way down and live to a ripe old age. I really feel bad that in our day and age of high technology (computers and stuff) that we can not find a cure for AD. We need to push our lawmakers and spend money in the US to find cures instead of using all our Governments money in war and helping rebuild other countries.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Unfortunately, there is no simple blood or urine test that can detect Alzheimer's and diagnosis will depend largely on two strategies:

* the elimination of other possible causes of the symptoms (quite a few causes, such as depression, can be very adequately treated) and

* a careful assessment of the family and personal history of the individual and their symptoms. From this kind of information, Alzheimer's and vascular dementia can be distinguished, because their basic characteristics are quite different.

The elimination of other causes can often be done simply by sending blood and/or urine samples for analysis, and from a direct clinical examination. The test results may take a week or two to come back, but if they fail to suggest a cause, it is likely that the individual will be given further simple tests, often by a psychiatric nurse. This is called an assessment. Examples would be:

* a test for the recall of items from a list of common objects read out to them, called 'word list learning tests'. Recall might be checked immediately after reading, after ten minutes or even longer

* recognition of pictures of well-known people

* naming of common objects from pictures would test the person's ability to associate words with images correctly

* asking simple questions such as 'What is the name of the Prime Minister?' or 'What are the names of your four grandchildren?'

* simple maze drawing tests.

Answer 3

First of all I think you mean alzheimer's disease.
Here are a list of some symptoms,

Common early symptoms of Alzheimer's are:

confusion


disturbances in short-term memory


problems with attention and spatial orientation


personality changes


language difficulties


unexplained mood swings



It is important to understand that Alzheimer’s disease does not affect every patient in the same way. The stages listed below represent the general progression of the disease.

Stage 1: Early in the illness, Alzheimer's patients tend to have less energy and spontaneity, though often no one notices anything unusual. They exhibit minor memory loss and mood swings, and are slow to learn and react. After a while they start to shy away from anything new and prefer the familiar. Memory loss begins to affect job performance. The patient is confused, gets lost easily, and exercises poor judgment.

Stage 2: In this stage, the Alzheimer's victim can still perform tasks independently, but may need assistance with more complicated activities. Speech and understanding become slower, and patients often lose their train of thought in mid-sentence. They may also get lost while travelling or forget to pay bills. As Alzheimer's victims become aware of this loss of control, they may become depressed, irritable and restless. The individual is clearly becoming disabled. The distant past may be recalled, while recent events are difficult to remember. Advancing Alzheimer's has affected the victim's ability to comprehend where they are, the day and the time. Caregivers must give clear instructions and repeat them often. As the Alzheimer's victims mind continues to slip away, the patient may invent words and not recognize familiar faces.

Stage 3: During the final stage, patients lose the ability to chew and swallow. The very essence of the person is vanishing. Memory is now very poor and no one is recognizable. Patients lose bowel and bladder control, and eventually need constant care. They become vulnerable to pneumonia, infection and other illnesses. Respiratory problems worsen, particularly when the patient becomes bedridden. This terminal stage eventually leads to death.

Answer 4

Grasp on , you say that God would not cause things to happen, but then say that lifestyles is on a timer , his timer, and that the matters that occur are already planned to happen and that we ought to play by his ideas. Then I simply get lost in the leisure of the babble. And i get really burdened as to what's the point of telling me that your Granny lived to 99 and that 20 instances 99 years takes us again to when Jesus stroll the earth. Instances my lifestyles through 50 and you get the equal result. 2000 years in the past is 2000 years in the past , and that i reckon that is a bloody very long time.Sorry what was the query that you had been asking again?

Answer 5

I think you mean Alzheimer's Disease. I attached a link so you can find out more. Good luck

Answer 6

Unfortunately it can't be diagnosed with one simple test. It's not until the symptoms become very apparent that they can diagnose it. Sorry it's probably not what you wanted to hear.

Answer 7

You need to go in for testing.

My fatehr-in-law has it and it is scary to see the deterioriation