Contents:
- Medical Video: How Do You Know If You Have Alzheimer Disease
- What is Alzheimer's disease?
- What are the characteristics of Alzheimer's?
- 1. Memory / memory disorders
- 2. Difficulty planning things and solving problems
- 3. Difficulty doing activities that are usually done
- 4. Confused about time and place
- 5. Impaired vision
- 6. Difficulty in finding the right words
- 7. Often put something wrong
- 8. Difficult to make decisions
- 9. Withdraw from the environment
- 10. Change of personality and mood
Medical Video: How Do You Know If You Have Alzheimer Disease
When you forget something, it can be part of an aging process. However, if you forget or lose your memory to interfere with your daily activities, it can be one of the symptoms of Alzheimer's. What is Alzheimer's disease? What are the characteristics of Alzheimer's? Let's look at the explanation below.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Alzheimer's disease is a brain-related disease. The term Alzheimer's was triggered by a German neurologist named Alos Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's disease is actually one of the most common causes of dementia (also known by the public as senile).
In this disease, death occurs from brain cells due to the accumulation of a protein plaque in the brain. In addition, in Azheimer sufferers there is a lack of important chemicals in the brain that function in sending messages or signals in the brain.
What are the characteristics of Alzheimer's?
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease that can cause brain damage and memory problems that get heavier as time goes by. Therefore, it is important to know the characteristics of Alzheimer's early. Here are various symptoms of Alzheimer's that usually appear.
1. Memory / memory disorders
This is the most common feature of Alzheimer's. Do you easily forget the information you just received? Do you often forget important dates, people's names, or important events? Are you asking the same information repeatedly?
Unlike people in general who sometimes forget something, people with Alzheimer's have a very high frequency of forgetfulness.
2. Difficulty planning things and solving problems
People with Alzheimer's have difficulties in planning and following a plan. For example, today your schedule is to prepare breakfast, go to work,meetingwith the client, then back to the office. Well, people with Alzheimer's will be confused about arranging their daily schedule so that in the morning instead of going to the office they go to the market. They also have difficulty concentrating while working on detailed tasks and involve many numbers.
3. Difficulty doing activities that are usually done
Familiar activities even become difficult for Alzheimer's sufferers to do. For example, difficulties in completing work that is usually done every day such as cooking and difficulty in driving a car even though it passes the same route every day.
4. Confused about time and place
People with Alzheimer's are easily confused or disorientated with time and place. They can forget where he is now, how to reach that place, and why they went to that place. They might also wake up at 3am and get ready to take a shower because they thought it was 6am.
5. Impaired vision
Visual (visual) disorders can occur in people with Azlheimer. Examples include difficulties in reading, distinguishing colors, or estimating distances.
6. Difficulty in finding the right words
People with Alzheimer's find it difficult to start and follow conversations with other people. The conversation doesn'tcontinue and they may suddenly stop in the middle of the story or forget to end a sentence.
In addition, the characteristics of Alzheimer's that are easily visible are that they often have difficulty finding the right words. They may ask for an item to be taken, but he cannot mention the name or characteristics of the item.
7. Often put something wrong
People with Alzheimer's often put things where they should. For example, put the house key in the bathroom. Therefore, often they accuse others of stealing or hiding the item. In fact, they are the ones who usually put the item out of place.
8. Difficult to make decisions
When making decisions, people with Alzheimer's often behave in a confused manner. For example when asked, "Father, what coffee do you want to use sugar or not?", They even become confused themselves and cannot decide.
In addition, they also have difficulty taking care of themselves and maintaining personal hygiene. For example, they rarely bathe and change clothes.
9. Withdraw from the environment
As symptoms continue, you begin to realize that people with Alzheimer's withdraw from the environment and become less socialized at events they usually follow. Withdrawal from the environment can get worse when the disease gets worse.
10. Change of personality and mood
People with Alzheimer's can experience changes mood extreme ones such as being dazed, depressed, anxious, and full of fear. This is a feature of Alzheimer's which is often ruled out, because it seems to changemoodthis has nothing to do with one's physical condition. Therefore, you must be more sensitive in seeing other Alzheimer's symptoms that accompany changemood.
