the forgetting

Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s is the most common type do dementia, that affect memory and behavior.  The symptoms develop slowly at first, but get worst over time. While the loss of memory with age is a common  and normal thing, Alzheimer’s is not. Alzheimer’s symptoms worsen over time, first just affecting a persons ability to remember things but in later stages of the disease individuals lose the ability to carry on a conversation and respond to their environment. Alzheimer’s is also the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, people with Alzheimer’s are likely to live only 8 years after symptoms become visible. The majority of people with Alzheimer’s are 65 year or old, however Alzheimer's also has  younger-onset, which appears at the ages of 40-50.  Alzheimer’s is caused by Two abnormal structures called plaques and tangles that block communication among nerve cells and disrupt the processes that cells need to survive.  Alzheimer’s affect is worst on the family members of a patient, having the disease is bad, but having to watch some you love slowly forget who you are and than who they are is why this disease is so awful. I person thing that Alzheimer’s is a sad disease because of the affect it has on family and friends of a patient, however I do believe that there are more important disease out there.