The Alzheimer's Disease
By: Nikita Dua
What is the Alzheimer's disease
The Alzheimer's disease: is a disease of the brain that causes people to slowly lose their memory and mental abilities as they grow old(there is also no known cure)
Why do people get this disease?
Like all types of dementia, Alzheimer's is caused by brain cell death. It is a neurodegenerative disease which means there is progressive brain cell death that happens over a course of time. The total brain size shrinks with Alzheimer's- the tissue has progressively fewer nerve cells and connections.
Where is the Alzheimer's disease found?
The Alzheimer's disease is most common in western Europe and least common in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Who identified the Alzheimer's disease?
Alois Alzheimer is the guy who first identified the Alzheimer's disease. He was a Bavarian-born German psychiatrist and neuropathologist.
This newfound disease is very common
About 5% of all people who have the Alzheimer's disease develop it's symptoms before they reach the age of 65. So if 4 million Americans have Alzheimer's, at least 200,000 people have the early-onset form of the disease. Also the early onset Alzheimer's have been know to develop between the ages of 30 and 40.
Hows was the Alzheimer's disease discovered?
The Alzheimer's disease; named after and discovered by Alois Alzheimer's. Was discovered in 1906 when he noticed changes in the brain tissue of a women who had died of an unusual mental illness . Her symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and unpredictable behavior.