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Alzheimers Testing By Marcus Peterson |
| Friday, March 6, 2009 |
For a reliable analysis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), many physicians used diagnostic tests. AD is a serious disorder in the brain neurons to degenerate, resulting in the loss of cognitive functions - mostly for memory, movement coordination, reasoning and pattern recognition. At the last stage of AD, all memory and mental functioning is lost.
The main reason for a series of tests is to recognize the cause of the symptoms and treat any medical illness that may or may not be AD, and provide a full diagnosis and a treatment plan. Alzheimer's disease includes neurological tests, physical and psychological tests. Clinical interviews were conducted with the patient and family to obtain a complete picture of the person suspected of suffering from AD.
Patients undergoing tests of memory and intellectual functioning over a series of weeks or months, along with physical evidence. Doctors usually start with MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination), memory, and a performance test. MMSE tests the patient's ability to recall, identify, communicate and think using a lot of questions like "What is today's date, what day of the week is, what is in season and what we are in a state?
Other popular neurological and psychological tests are the Clock Drawing Test (CDT), mini-zip, and a mental status exam. The patient's clinical history and the history of life is also fundamental to the diagnostic process. It is therefore prudent for someone familiar with the latest developments to accompany the patient to the hospital. Provide the patient's history? S progression of memory loss is also useful.
Other important tools are tested AD brain imaging tests such as CT (computed tomography) scans or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans. They are used to identify the presence of tumor, head trauma, and neurological. PET (positron emission tomography) looks to recognize the decline in activity of the hippocampus, the part of the brain affected by Alzheimer's disease. Neuroimaging tests are used in the early stages of disease.
Sometimes Alzheimer's test includes a test of lumbar puncture. This test involves placing a needle into the lumbar canal to take a sample of cerebrospinal fluid - the liquid that circulates in and around the brain and spinal cord. This test is expensive, painful and terrifying. Side effects associated with the test are headache and inflammation.
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