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Progressive Alzheimer Disease |
| Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
Alzheimers disease gradually develops into dementia, which starts a progressive stage and begins rapidly to deteriorate brain tissues, nerve cells, dendrites, etc. Alzheimer’s disease can affect anyone over the age 65 and in rare instances; the condition will affect people earlier. The condition to date has affected more than 4 million United States citizens. The figure is growing. In addition, millions of people in the UK are diagnosed each year of Alzheimer’s disease. When a person has Alzheimer’s disease, it is important to learn a few helpful steps to take care of your loved one. Caregivers are instructed as well to take measures to protect their own health.
How to care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Be sure to keep their living environment safe and comfortable. Lock up the cleaning supplies, medications, anything that could be harmful to them. Take the mirrors down; sometimes when they look into the mirror they are seeing someone they don’t know and it is scary. Keep your loved one as active as possible. Activities and exercise will help the sleep disorder they sometimes get. Always make your loved one feel secure and safe at all times.
How to decide when treatment is needed
Alzheimer’s disease sometimes will progress slowly making one think that it is just a normal way of life. Always see your health care provider as soon as you notice changes occurring. The sooner you see your health care provider the better for all. If the health care provider can diagnose the disease at the beginning stage, they can treat it quicker and prolong the progress of Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s is a disease that slows the brain functions, since it deteriorates the dendrites, tissues, nerve cells, nerve fibers, and so on. The disease gradually kills a person otherwise healthy. Alzheimer’s slowly develops as dementia, which starts the progressive stage. At this time, it begins to become frustrating for caregivers.
Alzheimer patients will play in their own feces, smear feces on the walls, etc. The patients will wander, which is why at nursing homes the patients are placed in lock down, or designated areas.
Alzheimer’s disease is a baffling cluster of disorders. The condition forces a person back in time, until finally the person is at the age of an infant child. The person will fear mirrors, darkness, etc. To help relieve their fears nursing homes will keep night-lights in the room.
In few instances, loved ones will deal with Alzheimer’s disease. The family learns adapt to the Alzheimer’s lifestyle. For example, caregivers will take care of the Alzheimer patient in their home, which forces them to adjust to a new life. The care provider must leave furniture in one area at all times, hide harmful chemicals, remove mirrors, and keep the area lit. In addition, the care provider must constantly watch the patient’s behaviors, action, etc. Taking care of an Alzheimer patients is an around the clock duty.
Alzheimer’s disease causes memory loss. The person will forget short-term details, yet will recall things that happen to them fifteen years earlier. For example, if a loved one comes to visit the patient, leaves, and returns in a few minutes the patient may forget.
Alzheimer’s disease puts the patient at great or even grave risks. For instance, one woman with Alzheimer’s disease placed a newspaper in the oven, turned on the oven, and failed to remember her actions. Alzheimer’s causes a person to forget often, which is why the patient should not be left alone.
If you have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, we encourage you to take action now by searching for helpful insight to guide you through your long journey. |
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Alzheimer’s disease in few instances will progress slowly. In such cases, people will believe that the person is experiencing a normal way of life. Since the disease silently creeps in, it is best to visit your healthcare provider immediately. As soon as you notice changes in behaviors, speech, etc, it is time to seek help. In fact, if you have a family history of the condition, it is wise to continue frequent checkups. If the doctor can detect the disease at an early stage, likely he can take measures to prolong the disease.
How to handle diagnostics
If you doctor notes Alzheimer’s disease early, stay tuned since what you are about to learn will threaten your emotions. You will likely have many questions, which it is important that you ask your doctor. Do not feel like you are ignorant, rather ask questions, and learn willingly. Make a list of the questions you may have forgotten to take with you on the next visit. It is wise to remain open, as well as honest about the disease. Sometimes the information you hear will hurt, yet to learn you must accept the pain.
Once you have answers, it is time to take steps. You will need precise details of any changes. The list of changes should be written down, since it will help your doctor make wise decisions in treatment. In addition, the changes will help your doctor notice the stages, as well as the speed of progression.
How do I note changes?
Look for signs of memory loss. For instance, if the patient is telling you of his or her memories twenty years earlier, yet he or she cannot recall details about ten minutes earlier you have change. The change is a tale tells that the patient’s condition is progressing. If the patient finds it difficult to handle small tasks, it is likely the disease is progressing to the next stage.
As Alzheimer’s disease progresses to dementia, the patient will find it difficult to dress alone. The patient will forget how to button or zip his or her pants, dress, etc. The patient may put shirts on backwards. If you notice such changes, take notes and show your doctor upon the next visit. Again, the notes will help your doctor decide, which treatment is best for your loved one. In time, you will need to make painful decisions.
How Alzheimer’s affect you
In time you will need to make decisions that will cause you pain. For instance, as the patient progresses to the third stage of Alzheimer’s, he or she may become incompetent. Throughout the stages, the person will shift moods and may become aggressive or violent. In some instances the patient will kick, choke, pull hair, punch, etc, which you will need to learn steps in how to protect you without harming the patient. In time you may have to place your loved one in a nursing home.
Each day as the disease progresses, your pain will increase. You will watch your loved one-throw feces, fear water, fear darkness, and finally stop eating, talking, etc. In many instances at the final stage the patient will sit and stair aimlessly out the window, or at a wall. The person at this stage is readying for the ultimate symptom of Alzheimer’s, which is death.
To date, experts have not found a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. However, experts are looking more into the condition, searching effortlessly in an attempt to find a cure.
Alzheimer’s disease is claiming millions of minds annually. If you have a family history, take care and visit your healthcare provider frequently, since Alzheimer’s kill. |
| posted by neptunus @ 10:28 PM |
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