Alzheimer+Disease.

=__**Alzheimer Disease**__=




 * //Alois Alzheimer://** A German Physic and first person to discover Alzheimers in 1906. Also had it named after him

**History:**
Progressive mental deterioration in old age have been described throughout history. Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physician, in 1906. He talked about a woman who had died after years of experiencing severe memory problem founded dense deposits outside and around the nerve cells. Inside the nerve cells, he saw the presence of twisted bands of fibers. Today, this degenerative brain disorder bears is called Alzheimers.

**Facts and Figures**:
-Over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. -10 million baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's in their lifetime. -Every 71 seconds someone develops Alzheimer’s. -Alzheimer's is the seventh leading cause of death. -All offspring in the same generation have a 50/50 chance of developing FAD if one of their parents had it.

**Causes:**
The death of nerve cells in the brain, which shrinks certain parts of the brain. The decrease of neurotransmitters that are connected between the nerve cells. There are seven stages of Alzheimers

**Symtomps:**
There are two types:

__**Cognitive**__
-Memory loss -Confusion -Unable to reason

__**Behavoir**__
-Agitation, Anziaty -Delusion/Hallucinations -Depression -Nsomnia -Wondering

**Risk Factors:**
Age, Family history,Genetics, Head injury, Heart-head connection, and General healthy aging

**Treatment:**
There is no cure yet, but we have drugs that treat symtomps.

tacrine (Cognex) 1933 donepezil (Aricept) 1996 selegiline (Eldepryl) 1997 rivastigmine (Exelon) 2000 galantamine (Razadyne) 2001 memantine (Namenda) 2003

**Web Links:**
[|Alois Alzheimer] [|AD Research Centers]

**Sources**:
http://www.ygyh.org/alz/whatisit.htm http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_web_links.asp http://ncrad.iu.edu/ http://ncrad.iu.edu/