Written Assignment 2 Alzheimer s Disease

If you’ve ever seen anyone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease you know it’s a sad site to see. Alzheimer’s is a progressive brain disease that is fatal to the brain of humans who develop this disease. Memory loss is a common symptom in this disease along with an increased inability to acquire new memories and long term memory loss. Our brain has valuable functions that assist us in being able to function as humans. When our brain is deteriorating the simple functions that we are able to perform are hindered and become extremely debilitating. This information booklet will hopefully shed some light on any questions or concerns you may have on this disease, and I hope it will give a guide to better understand Alzheimer’s and the people who have it. I will define/describe Alzheimer’s disease, the causes and risk factors, what research is being done to combat this disease, I will talk about the main organs that are affected by Alzheimer’s disease and how Alzheimer’s disrupts homeostasis (how it spread and infects a person). And I will also discuss how to identify some of the symptoms, how it’s diagnosed and the current treatment, if any.

DEFINITION/DESCRIPTION OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, neurological and eventually fatal disease of the brain which was named after a German physician, Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. It is said to be the most common form of dementia (a group of disorders that impairs mental functioning). At the moment, Alzheimer's is progressive and irreversible, with no known cure. The most common cause of death is infection. Changes in memory is normal as we become older but when the memory loss starts to worsen over time, eventually interfering with many aspects of brain function it’s not normal. Memory loss is one of the earliest symptoms, along with a gradual decline of other intellectual and thinking abilities. As Alzheimer's disease advances in stages it may be helpful to know the stages