well there’s no cure yet for this
disease there are steps to take to slow
its progression hi I’m Rebecca Brayton
and welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be learning more about the
progression and treatments of
Alzheimer’s from the Alzheimer Society
of Montreal how does Alzheimer’s affect
a person suffering from it and his or
her family the impact of Alzheimer
disease for the patient is usually in
the early stage when you still realize
what’s happening to you fortunately for
the patient many of them don’t realize
what’s happening it’s called ad news of
nausea lack of awareness or lack of
insight in the way it’s merciful for
them because those who have too much
insight it is really really anxious
genic for the family the burden actually
increase over time in the moderate to
severe stage because the one you love
now you have to take care of as a child
and all the souvenirs of your past life
slowly get erased to the point where the
spouse doesn’t know who the other person
is and they don’t recognize the house
they live in what about treatment the
current treatment of Alzheimer disease
involves a good diagnosis education to
the patient and family this requires of
course the alzheimer society and other
community support groups treatment of
depression when present both for the
patient and the caregiver and there are
specific drugs available as regular
prescriptions that improve your brain
ability to focus so we call the memory
medicines but they actually do more than
that they help stabilize progression
even of behavioral symptoms what kind of
progress has been made recently in terms
of understanding this illness we had
high hopes over the past five years that
preventing the build-up of amyloid in
the brain could stop progression of
symptoms in people who already have mild
Alzheimer type dementia it didn’t work
so far so either we treat these patients
too late maybe we should aim for milder
stage of the Alzheimer disease or we’re
aiming at the wrong target that is a
mallu it is not the main cause of
symptoms so the strategies are shifting
now worldwide to treating earlier with
these drugs
or to start thinking of alternative
hypothesis what else besides the middle
of it is important such as a change in
the cell structure called tau the
internal skeleton of this cell or maybe
a trying to find a way for the brain to
heal itself with some natural growth
factors on average how long does
Alzheimer’s last if you start at the
early dementia stage Alzheimer disease
usually run a course over 8 to 12 years
in older people it’s usually other
conditions that will end life such as a
fall in injury or pneumonia in younger
people before age 60 Alzheimer disease
can be more malignant thank you very
much it’s a pleasure
disease there are steps to take to slow
its progression hi I’m Rebecca Brayton
and welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be learning more about the
progression and treatments of
Alzheimer’s from the Alzheimer Society
of Montreal how does Alzheimer’s affect
a person suffering from it and his or
her family the impact of Alzheimer
disease for the patient is usually in
the early stage when you still realize
what’s happening to you fortunately for
the patient many of them don’t realize
what’s happening it’s called ad news of
nausea lack of awareness or lack of
insight in the way it’s merciful for
them because those who have too much
insight it is really really anxious
genic for the family the burden actually
increase over time in the moderate to
severe stage because the one you love
now you have to take care of as a child
and all the souvenirs of your past life
slowly get erased to the point where the
spouse doesn’t know who the other person
is and they don’t recognize the house
they live in what about treatment the
current treatment of Alzheimer disease
involves a good diagnosis education to
the patient and family this requires of
course the alzheimer society and other
community support groups treatment of
depression when present both for the
patient and the caregiver and there are
specific drugs available as regular
prescriptions that improve your brain
ability to focus so we call the memory
medicines but they actually do more than
that they help stabilize progression
even of behavioral symptoms what kind of
progress has been made recently in terms
of understanding this illness we had
high hopes over the past five years that
preventing the build-up of amyloid in
the brain could stop progression of
symptoms in people who already have mild
Alzheimer type dementia it didn’t work
so far so either we treat these patients
too late maybe we should aim for milder
stage of the Alzheimer disease or we’re
aiming at the wrong target that is a
mallu it is not the main cause of
symptoms so the strategies are shifting
now worldwide to treating earlier with
these drugs
or to start thinking of alternative
hypothesis what else besides the middle
of it is important such as a change in
the cell structure called tau the
internal skeleton of this cell or maybe
a trying to find a way for the brain to
heal itself with some natural growth
factors on average how long does
Alzheimer’s last if you start at the
early dementia stage Alzheimer disease
usually run a course over 8 to 12 years
in older people it’s usually other
conditions that will end life such as a
fall in injury or pneumonia in younger
people before age 60 Alzheimer disease
can be more malignant thank you very
much it’s a pleasure
Please follow and like us: