This is a type of dementia (dementia) that affects older people (65 years and older). It is named after the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, who at the beginning of the 20th century described not only the clinical picture of the disease, but also the characteristic brain changes that can be detected after the death of the patient.
It is a progressive neurological disease that leads to mental decline and memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of all cases of dementia worldwide. The disease is associated with the accumulation of abnormal protein deposits called amyloid in the brain.
Patients have difficulty remembering new information, solving logical problems, and other thinking processes are gradually disrupted. Speech, perception of oneself and others suffer, a person may begin to get lost in time and space, which gradually leads to the destruction of personality.
2024-01-05 12:05:04
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