Causes And Symptoms Of Alzheimer's Disease

Introduction
People have the ability to remember things from previous days to something that occurred years ago. Memories are something that can not be taken from us, but what happens as we get older? As time goes by we begin to struggle due to losing memory. When Alzheimer’s Disease is mentioned, we often think about older people which make sense, because Alzheimer’s Disease symptoms begin before age 65 (Prevent and Reverse). Alzheimer’s Disease is a type of dementia that involves memory loss and causes problems with thinking and behavior that starts off calm but gets constantly worse. People who live with Alzheimer’s brain cells die, and it is hard for them to functions because the brain to shrink. The brain begins to shrink giving fewer
The symptoms of Alzheimer’s like confusion with time or place, difficulties with speaking or writing, and trouble understanding, occur around the same time of menopause or andropause (Prevent and Reverse). People often start off with memory loss, then continue off as hallucinations, and end up with moody and confusion. Alzheimer’s is a brain disorder in the cortex that was named after a German Physician in 1907, Alois Alzheimer, who decided to examine a brain and found out about the causes of this unusual disorder (Alzheimer). “Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death of the United States.” (Alz) Alzheimer cannot be prevented, but can be lived with. Living with Alzheimer’s can be rough, death can come around quick but depending on your health conditions can save you from living much longer than what you actually expect. Most of the patients who are now in the circumstances of living in nursing homes are a high possibility of being Alzheimer’s patients. About fifteen percent of people over eighty-five develop Alzheimer’s, and is also the cause of their deaths (T-Book.) Alzheimer’s has been discovered over 100 years, and to this day people are seeing it as a threat to them
For now, the medications can prevent from the disease to get worse but no cure has been found to prevent Alzheimer’s to take over someone. “Despite these efforts, drug development for AD has proved extremely difficult and most clinical trials have afforded disappointing results (Trends). Alzheimer’s is a mysterious case, that is yet to be solved, that could take years for it to happen. Future could hold anything but it is a high chance that there will be no cure for