Alzheimer's Disease: Sad And Depressing Disease

Alzheimer’s disease is nothing new to people from across the world. Some may ask what exactly is this sad and depressing disease? It is the most common form of dementia, which is the deterioration of the functions of the brain. It reports for approximately 70 percent of dementia cases (Alzheimer’s). The course of the disease is slow at destroying one’s memory and thinking abilities. Symptoms develop in people with Alzheimer’s in their mid-60s, but do not be fooled for it is not just found within people of old age (About Alz…). They call it early onset Alzheimer’s occurring in people ages ranging between 40 to 50 years of age (Younger). The disease is named after a doctor, Alois Alzheimer, where in 1906, he found changes in a woman’s brain tissue after she had died of a mental illness. During her examination he noticed there were abnormal clumps, now know today as amyloid plaques as well as jumbled bundles of fibers (About Alz…). It is beyond incredible that someone can look inside a human’s already complex brain, pick out the abnormalities, and pin point that this is the cause of their mental illness. The plaque and bundles of fibers are still the main …show more content…
Her doctors say that her heart is, what they would describe as, youthful and healthy, but her brain is just extremely ill. She is from Thailand and never learned English so I never got the chance to communicate with her one on one. My grandmother would always have to translate between the two of us. I remember the many conversations we had while she lived with my grandparents, but I have not seen or spoken to her in 5 years since she moved back to Thailand with other relatives. When she was well and extremely healthy, she told her children if she ever were to get ill that she wanted to move back to her original home and be able to rest in peace there. As far as I know she is still doing well, but her memory just keeps getting worse and