World Alzheimer’s Day 2024: Alzheimer’s is a disease related to the nervous system which directly affects the brain. Usually Alzheimer’s occurs with ageing but due to wrong lifestyle, nowadays this disease is also making younger people its victims. If seen, Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia related disease in which a person starts forgetting things and matters around him.
World Alzheimer’s Day is celebrated every year on 21 September to make the public aware of Alzheimer’s disease and to remove the misconceptions related to it. Let us know today what Alzheimer’s is and what are its early signs.
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What is Alzheimer’s?
In Alzheimer’s, the connectivity of brain cells with each other decreases, which has a bad effect on the functioning of the person’s brain. During this, the nervous system is not able to function properly and the person’s ability to think and understand decreases. As a result, the person starts forgetting things, is unable to take decisions, loses his way, starts stammering while speaking, etc.
In Alzheimer’s disease, the patient fails to remember things, time and people. There is no known and concrete cause of Alzheimer’s but it is said that in some cases it is also genetic.
early signs of alzheimer’s
There are many early signs of Alzheimer’s on the basis of which this disease can be detected in time. If a person is forgetting things repeatedly, he is having difficulty in remembering old as well as new things, then these can be the early signs of Alzheimer’s. Along with this, if he is not able to find words to say anything and he is speaking haltingly, then these are also signs of Alzheimer’s.
If there is a sudden change in someone’s personality, he looks confused, is trying to understand things, then these are the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. If someone is forgetting the way, getting disoriented, then you can understand that Alzheimer’s has started affecting. Blood and urine tests are done to detect Alzheimer’s. Brain imaging, CT scan, MRI etc. help in its management.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Before implementing any suggestion, please consult the concerned expert.
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