Alzheimer's 7 Stages

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AD can be categorized under 7 stages. Stage 1 is the state of no reported impairment or abnormality, be it physical or mental. The individual continue to exhibit normal life behavior, doing their daily routine things. At this stage, only a PET Scan can detect whether or not the individual has Alzheimer’s.
Stage 2 is where minimal impairment begins to crop up with a distinct example being forgetfulness. At this stage, the individual fails to recall normal and simple things like a word or the whereabouts of an object put away not long ago.
Then the changes in the individual such as thinking and reasoning become lucid. At this stage for example, the individual fails to retain memory of reading done or names of people a moment ago. This is the

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