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Alzheimer's, what are the most common symptoms of the terrible disease

Alzheimer's disease is a disease that affects the brain and causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. This is the most common form of dementia.

Here are the first signs to monitor. Of course, anyone over the years can have some memory problems without being sick with Alzheimer's. The alarm bells are: many signals all together and that worsen over time.

Obviously, doctors are able to do specific tests for the correct evaluation. The onset of Alzheimer's is characterized by memory impairments, such as forgetting newly learned names or information.

Other signs are not remembering important dates or events, asking for the same information several times and relying more and more often on reminders or agendas not to forget appointments.

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Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease is a disease that affects the brain and causes a slow decline in memory, thinking and reasoning skills. This is the most common form of dementia.
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Forgetting names and appointments
The onset of Alzheimer's is characterized by memory impairments, such as forgetting newly learned names or information.
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Which way is it? What month is it?
An Alzheimer's patient can lose his way home in known ways, until he does not know where he is and why he is in a certain place. It can lose sense of dates, seasons and the passage of time.
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Forgetting words
Alzheimer's sufferers may have difficulty following or participating in a conversation, perhaps repeating things just said or suddenly froze without knowing what to say.
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Leaving objects in the wrong places
People with Alzheimer's can leave objects in unusual places. Anyone can leave the keys in a drawer other than the one you use every day, but an Alzheimer's patient can get to put an iron in the refrigerator.
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Change mood easily
The mood and personality of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease can change over the course of the disease. They may become confused, depressed, suspicious, and become easily susceptible.
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