What is Alzheimer’s?
Alzheimer's is a type of dementia, which is a mental ability that affects your brain cells which results in the interference with your daily life. Dementia can also be called a neurodegenerative disease where the function of neurons do not work properly in the brain. Since neurons do not reproduce, so once they are damaged, our bodies can not replace them resulting in the death of brain cells over time. This disability affects your memory which makes it hard for an individual to complete simple tasks, solve problems, and even have a conversation. Alzheimer’s disease takes in 60-80% of the total people who have some sort of dementia. This brain disorder can occur in your middle to old age. There are many risk factors for …show more content…
Age is a factor because it is more likely for older people to have, and it is a progressive disease. If you have a family history of Alzheimer’s, you have a higher risk of having it. Also, having a certain gene called the APOE gene, an individual has a three to eight times higher risk compared to a person who does not have the gene. Factors that are preventable include factors that increase the risk of things such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol and increasing the risk of a stroke. Some other factors include a previous head injury which increases the severeness of trauma which can lead to types of dementia. Sleeping disorders such as sleep apnea, insomnia, or having trouble breathing are also factors. Other factors include having less years of education, if you have more years of education your brain builds a “cognitive reserve” that allows you to reimburse your brain if there any changes such as symptoms of …show more content…
Alois Alzheimer because in 1906, the doctor was examining the dead tissue of a woman whose death was from a strange mental illness. He found changes in her brain tissue, and some symptoms were memory loss, having problem speaking, and unusual behavior and personality. When he was examining the tissue, he found clumps called amyloid plaques and bundles of fibres called neurofibrillary which are main components of Alzheimer’s disease. 100 years ago the Alzheimer’s disease was recognized, but 70 years later it was identified as as a common cause of dementia. It was also recognized as a major cause of death, which is why many scientists are researching the disease. Over the last 10 years, there has been a lot of research and in 2011, the new diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s was
Alzheimer's is a type of dementia, which is a mental ability that affects your brain cells which results in the interference with your daily life. Dementia can also be called a neurodegenerative disease where the function of neurons do not work properly in the brain. Since neurons do not reproduce, so once they are damaged, our bodies can not replace them resulting in the death of brain cells over time. This disability affects your memory which makes it hard for an individual to complete simple tasks, solve problems, and even have a conversation. Alzheimer’s disease takes in 60-80% of the total people who have some sort of dementia. This brain disorder can occur in your middle to old age. There are many risk factors for …show more content…
Age is a factor because it is more likely for older people to have, and it is a progressive disease. If you have a family history of Alzheimer’s, you have a higher risk of having it. Also, having a certain gene called the APOE gene, an individual has a three to eight times higher risk compared to a person who does not have the gene. Factors that are preventable include factors that increase the risk of things such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol and increasing the risk of a stroke. Some other factors include a previous head injury which increases the severeness of trauma which can lead to types of dementia. Sleeping disorders such as sleep apnea, insomnia, or having trouble breathing are also factors. Other factors include having less years of education, if you have more years of education your brain builds a “cognitive reserve” that allows you to reimburse your brain if there any changes such as symptoms of …show more content…
Alois Alzheimer because in 1906, the doctor was examining the dead tissue of a woman whose death was from a strange mental illness. He found changes in her brain tissue, and some symptoms were memory loss, having problem speaking, and unusual behavior and personality. When he was examining the tissue, he found clumps called amyloid plaques and bundles of fibres called neurofibrillary which are main components of Alzheimer’s disease. 100 years ago the Alzheimer’s disease was recognized, but 70 years later it was identified as as a common cause of dementia. It was also recognized as a major cause of death, which is why many scientists are researching the disease. Over the last 10 years, there has been a lot of research and in 2011, the new diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s was