Degenerative disease

Introduction Alzheimer disease (AD) affects one of ten people over the age of 65. With the increased aging population no, one is immune to suffering from it. Therefore, it is imperative that we understand the physical and cognitive changes that comes with the aging process, so that we may help to slower the progression of the disease and hopefully someday develop a cure. Knowledge of condition AD can be considered A state of being brain dead while you’re still awake. The ‘forget me’ disease,…

Rose Brain Series it discuss the alzheimer disease and the frontotemporal dementia. The alzheimer disease is considered as the loss of memory while the frontotemporal dementia is characterized by language and behavior dysfunction. Both of these diseases are generative that not only affect the individual who has this disease because it also affect the people that is around this individual. Alzheimer is known as the most common degenerative brain disease. According to this video, today more than…

the disease is typically between the ages of 50 to 85. The path to diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia can be long, at times takin over a year. Many different test such as brain imaging, laboratory blood testing, and functional testing all plays a part in the diagnosis process. Treatment can consist of medicaitons, various therapies, and caregiver education, the prognosis and stages of the disease is very individualized, with many different factors playing a part in the course of the disease.…

Alzheimer Disease - A Thief of The Mind In this paper, I’m going to talk about one of the topics that are current in the medical world today, and that caught my attention, too. I want to talk about Dementia, including Alzheimer disease, about methods that can help at least to slow down its evolution and also, about a simple intervention that we can do to improve the life of those who suffer from Dementia. Dementia is an important syndrome in elderly people. It is a declining in mental ability,…

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and irreversible degenerative disease of the brain. Each phase of the disease presents distinct characteristics, and it is these characteristics that are used to determine how far the disease has progressed. Although there is, as of yet, no cure, various advances in medicine are geared at easing the ravages of the diseases, with the hope of a definitive cure on the minds of many. A form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease presents in two main forms: early onset…

as ischemic cerebral vascular disease. The dementia is very similar to Alzheimer’s disease and they share some symptoms such as impaired memory and cognitive function. Some of the non-cognitive symptoms of vascular dementia include tinnitus, sleeping disorder, numbness of the extremities, and emotion changes. Calabrese et al. (2016) believes there are two principal components to vascular dementia that are common: a dementia syndrome and a vascular cause of the disease. A diagnosis requires three…

Content Question 1- I would explain Alzheimer’s disease as a progressive and degenerative disorder of the brain. The most common theory is that it is a neurologic disorder of the brain, when acetylcholine levels are low. The symptoms of Alzheimer’s progress slow and generally worsen over time. The early symptoms that may suggest Alzheimer’s disease are confusion, chronic memory loss, and changes in mood. Over time the person will have loss of memory, cognitive function, and ability to perform…

whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory system. Symptoms range from that of a common cold too short periods of apnea and in extreme cases death. Pertussis is a highly contagious disease that can affect anyone but is more common in children and in infants. Although this disease is preventable and treatable it is currently and continually on the rise. The whooping cough is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. B. pertussis is a small, aerobic,…

and eyes are bleeding. This combination of ailments sounds like something from a horror story. For thousands of people, however, these horrors have become reality. Although Ebola is hard to contract, nevertheless we need to find a way to combat the disease, because it can easily spiral out of control. We can do this by keeping clean and using our heads, new-found tests, and isolation wards. This deadly virus is, believe…

difficult situation in our world. It is important that people take actions to reduce poverty around the world because it affects everybody in the society. If actions are taken to reduce poverty than our world would become more developed. The article “Diseases and links to poverty” by Reset.org, talks about how people around the world is getting sick and dying from extreme poverty. In the article, “How poverty affects classroom engagement” by Eric Jensen explains how students from low-income…