I. Introduction Elias Lieberman once said, Memories are all we really own.

Indeed, memories are the only way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. Every mans memory is his own literature. It is our diary we carry everywhere. It is our own. It is the proof of our existence. It is who we are and who we will be. They say every man needs his memory. But what if one day, you wake up without your memories? Devastating, heart breaking and demoralizing; those words arent enough to describe the feeling of losing ones memory. Yet many people are devastated each day because of a heart breaking and mind boggling disease named Alzheimers. Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative brain disease, is the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer's afflicts 1 in 10 people over age 65 and nearly half of all people age 85 and over (Hingley). It currently troubles about 4 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Furthermore, Alzheimers disease is the leading cause of mental impairment in elderly people and accounts for a large percentage of admissions to assisted living homes, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities. Psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, have been reported in a large proportion of patients with this disease. In fact, it is the presence of these psychotic symptoms can lead to early institutionalization (Bassiony, et all, 2000). Furthermore, Alzheimers disease doesnt only affect the patient himself. It also deeply affects the patients family and love ones. Learning about Alzheimers disease and realizing that it is much more than just a loss of memory can benefit the families of those with the disorder as well as society as a whole. The purpose of this paper is to look at the disorder, as well as to
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discuss the history, symptoms, diagnosis and hopes of a cure for Alzheimers disease. II. What Alzheimers is. Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, degenerative disease attacking the

brain and resulting in impaired thinking, behavior and memory, was first described by Alois Alzheimer, M.D., in 1906. German researchers recently found an important set of notes from Alzheimer's journal of the world's first documented case of the disease. The patient exhibited many of the symptoms seen in Alzheimer's patients today. But perhaps most poignant of all is the patient's own description of the disease: "I have lost myself." Estimates vary, but experts suggest that as many as 5.1 million Americans has the disease, which affects people of all racial, economic, and educational backgrounds. Although Alzheimer's primarily affects people age 60 or older, it also may affect people in their 50s and, rarely, even younger. Alzheimer's disease is also known as the most common cause of dementia in adults. Dementia is a loss of memory and intellect that interferes with daily life and activities. Dementia is not a disease; rather, it is a group of symptoms that may accompany certain diseases and conditions. Other symptoms include changes in personality, mood, or behavior. The single greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's is age. While the disease can occur in younger people, even in their 30s and 40s, the risk grows considerably after age 65, and it is estimated that 50% of those who pass their eightieth birthday will be stricken. There are other risk factors besides age: family history of Alzheimer's, stress, serious illness or injury, inadequate physical and social activity, poor diet, perhaps even race. Findings of a 1998 study of 1,000 people in New York, reported by the Alzheimer's Association, suggest that the risk of Alzheimer's is four times
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higher for African Americans than and twice as high for Hispanics as for white Euro-Americans (Stanton, 2001). There are three broad stages to Alzheimer's. In the beginning, the patient may notice his or her own forgetfulness and will solicit others' help or write lists. In the second phase there will be severe memory loss, particularly for recent events. A sufferer may often remember long-ago events while being unable to remember a just-viewed TV show. In this stage, disorientation usually begins, dysphasia (inability to find the right word) may occur, and mood changes happen that can be unpredictable and sudden. By the third stage, people with Alzheimer's experience severe confusion and disorientation, and may suffer hallucinations or delusions. Some may become violent or angry, while others may be docile or helpless. In this stage, sufferers may wander without purpose, experience incontinence, and neglect personal hygiene. Once someone with Alzheimer's becomes bedridden, the complications of bedsores, feeding problems, and infections can make life expectancy very short. III. History AD is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German doctor. In 1906, Dr. Alzheimer noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of an unusual mental illness. He found abnormal clumps (now called senile or neuritic plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (now called neurofibrillary tangles). Today, these plaques and tangles in the brain are considered hallmarks of AD. Scientists also have found other changes in the brains of people with AD. There is a loss of nerve cells in areas of the brain that are vital to memory and other mental abilities. There also are lower levels of chemicals in the brain that carry complex messages back and forth between billions of nerve cells. AD may disrupt normal thinking and memory by blocking these messages between nerve cells.

Around the turn of the century, two kinds of dementia were defined by Emil Kraepin: senile and presenile. The presenile form was described more in detail by Alois Alzheimer as a progressive deterioration of intellect, memory and orientation. As a neuropathologist, Alzheimer studied the case a 51 year-old woman. When she died, Alzheimer performed an autopsy and found that she had cerebral atrophy (deterioration of the brain), senile plaques (protein deposits) and neurofibrillary tangles (abnormal filaments in nerve cells) in her brain -- three common pathological features of those who have Alzheimers Disease (Ramanathan, 1997). Today, as research on Alzheimer's disease progresses, scientists are describing other abnormal anatomical and chemical changes associated with the disease. These include nerve cell degeneration in the brain's nucleus and reduced levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brains of Alzheimer's disease victims (Alzheimers Disease). However, from a practical standpoint, conducting an autopsy of an individual to make a definitive diagnosis is rather ineffective. IV. Nature of the disease A. Symptoms There is no "typical" person with Alzheimer's. There is tremendous variability among people with Alzheimer's in their behaviors and symptoms. At present, there is no way to predict how quickly the disease will progress in any one person or the exact changes that will occur According to medicinenet.com, people with Alzheimer's disease have memory problems and cognitive impairment (difficulties with thinking and reasoning), and eventually they will not be able to care for themselves. They often experience confusion, loss of judgment, and difficulty finding words, finishing thoughts, or following directions. They also may experience personality and behavior changes. For example, they may become agitated, irritable, or very passive. Some people with Alzheimer's may wander from home and become lost.
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Others may not be able to tell the difference between day and nightthey may wake up, get dressed, and start to leave the house in the middle of the night thinking that the day has just started. People with Alzheimer's also can have losses that affect vision, smell, or taste However, as the disease goes on, symptoms are more easily noticed and become serious enough to cause people with AD or their family members to seek medical help. For example, people with AD may forget how to do simple tasks, like brushing their teeth or combing their hair. They can no longer think clearly; and they begin to have problems speaking, understanding, reading, or writing. Later on, people with AD may become anxious or aggressive, or wander away from home. Eventually, patients may need total care. Jacqueline Marcell enumerated the top 10 signs of Alzheimers. They are the following: (1) recent memory loss that affects job skills, (2) Difficulty performing familiar tasks, (3) Problems with language, (4) Disorientation of time and place, (5) Poor or decreased judgment, (6) Problems with abstract thinking, (7) Misplacing things, (8) Changes in mood or behavior, (9) Changes in personality and (10) Loss of initiative. Symptoms appear gradually in persons with Alzheimer's disease but may progress more slowly in some persons than in others. In other forms of dementia, symptoms may appear suddenly or may come and go. If you have some of these signs, this does not mean you have Alzheimer's disease. Anyone can have a lapse of memory or show poor judgment now and then. When such lapses become frequent or dangerous, however, you should tell your doctor about them immediately. B. Causes At this time, we do not yet know what causes Alzheimer's disease or how to stop its progression.
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Scientists believe that for most people, Alzheimer's disease results from a combination of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time. While the causes of Alzheimer's are not yet fully understood, its effect on the brain is clear. Alzheimer's disease damages and kills brain cells. A brain affected by Alzheimer's disease has many fewer cells and many fewer connections among surviving cells than does a healthy brain. As more and more brain cells die, Alzheimer's leads to significant brain shrinkage. When doctors examine Alzheimer's brain tissue under the microscope, they see two types of abnormalities that are considered hallmarks of the disease: Plaques. These clumps of a protein called beta-amyloid may damage and destroy brain cells in several ways, including interfering with cell-to-cell communication. Although the ultimate cause of brain-cell death in Alzheimer's isn't known, abnormal processing of beta-amyloid is a prime suspect.
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Tangles. Brain cells depend on an internal support and transport system to carry nutrients and other essential materials throughout their long extensions. This system requires the normal structure and functioning of a protein called tau. In Alzheimer's, threads of tau protein twist into abnormal tangles, leading to failure of the transport system. This failure is also strongly implicated in the decline and death of brain cells.

Hill put in the picture that other factors are also being studied to be the cause of this mysterious disease. First, they are debating the age as one of its causes. Advancing age is the number one risk factor for developing Alzheimers disease. One out of eight people
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over the age of 65 has Alzheimers disease, and almost one out of every two people over the age of 85 has Alzheimers. The probability of being diagnosed with Alzheimers nearly doubles every five years after age 65. Second is the patients family history. It is said that people who have a parent or sibling that developed Alzheimers disease are two to three times more likely to develop the disease than those with no family history of Alzheimers. If more than one close relative has been affected, the risk increases even more. Other factors are the external environment and internal environment. The cause of Alzheimer's disease may be in our environment -- perhaps something in the water, soil or air. At the same time, Alzheimers disease may be caused by something within the body. It could be a slow virus, an imbalance of chemicals or a problem with the immune system. Researchers today believe there is no single cause of Alzheimer's disease. Instead, they believe it is caused by a combination of factors. There is still much that we don't know about the disease, but researchers continue to look for causes. C. Diagnosis In spite of the fact that it is so common, Alzheimer's disease often goes unrecognized or is misdiagnosed in its early stages. Many doctors and nurses, patients, and family members mistakenly view the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease as the inevitable consequences of aging. Doctors at specialized centers can diagnose probable AD correctly 80 to 90 percent of the time. They can find out whether there are plaques and tangles in the brain only by looking at a piece of brain tissue under a microscope. It can be painful and risky to remove brain tissue while a person is alive. Doctors cannot look at the tissue until they do an autopsy, which is an examination of the body done after a
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person dies. Doctors may say that a person has "probable" AD. They will make this diagnosis by finding out more about the person's symptoms. The following is some of the information the doctor may need to make a diagnosis: First they check the patients History. A history from the patient helps the doctor assess a person's past and current health situation. It also helps the doctor evaluate whether there are any medical problems, develop a plan of treatment, and monitor the patient's health over time. During this evaluation, the doctor asks the person a series of questions. Mini-Mental State Exam Other doctors use mini-mental state exam. It is a very brief test that the doctor can use to test a person's problem solving skills, attention span, counting skills and memory. It will give the doctor insight into whether there has been damage to different areas of the brain. They also make the patient take the so-called neuropsychological tests. These are tests of memory, problem solving, attention, counting, and language. They will help the doctor pinpoint specific problems the person has. And lastly, doctors make their patient have their Brain scans. It aims to take a picture of the brain. There are several types of brain scans, including a computerized tomography (CT) scan, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, or a positron emission tomography (PET) scan. By looking at a picture of the brain, the doctor will be able to tell if anything does not look normal. Information from the medical history and any test results help the doctor rule out other possible causes of the person's symptoms. For example, thyroid gland problems, drug reactions, depression, brain tumors, and blood vessel disease in the brain can cause AD-like symptoms. Some of these other conditions can be treated.

However, according to webmd.com, Alzheimer's disease cannot be definitely diagnosed until after death, when the brain can be closely examined for certain microscopic changes caused by the disease. V. Effects on the patient In Alzheimer's disease, there is an overall shrinkage of brain tissue. The grooves or furrows in the brain, called sulci (plural of sulcus), are noticeably widened and there is shrinkage of the gyri (plural of gyrus), the well-developed folds of the brain's outer layer. In addition, the ventricles, or chambers within the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid, are noticeably enlarged. In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, short-term memory begins to fade (see box labeled memory') when the cells in the hippocampus, which is part of the limbic system, degenerate. The ability to perform routine tasks also declines. As Alzheimer's disease spreads through the cerebral cortex (the outer layer of the brain), judgment declines, emotional outbursts may occur and language is impaired. As the disease progresses, more nerve cells die, leading to changes in behavior, such as wandering and agitation. In the final stages of the disease, people may lose the ability to recognize faces and communicate; they normally cannot control bodily functions and require constant care. On average, the disease lasts for 8 to 10 years, but individuals with Alzheimers can live for up to 20 years. The effects of Alzheimers disease will mostly reflect in the patients mental abilities including how the person thinks, remembers, understands as well as communicates. Persons with Alzheimers disease will also not be able to take proper decisions and even simple tasks can become difficult to perform, and there is also noticeable confusion as also loss of memory, while some patients will also be at a loss to find proper words with which to express what they are thinking.

The effects of Alzheimers can also be seen in the emotions as also moods of
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the patient, and it is often noticed that patients can become unconcerned as well as indifferent with a consequent rapid decline in interest in hobbies as well. In addition, a patient may lose the ability to control his or her mood and emotions and there may also be general withdrawal from interest in everyday life.

There are other aspects to the effects of Alzheimers as seen in the general behavior of patients who may change for the worse in the way that they react to the environment and it may also include repeating words or doing the same actions over and over again, hiding their possessions, having physical outbursts and being very restless as well.

Furthermore, the effects of Alzheimers can also manifest they in how the patient co-ordinates his or her physical movements, and there may be impairment to mobility as also general decline in physical abilities. Sometimes, it can lead to the patient becoming incapable of performing routine daily chores including not being able to eat on their own, taking baths can be a problem as too getting dressed on their own.

VI. Effects on the patients family The Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) states, "Alzheimer's disease is often called a family disease, because the chronic stress of watching a loved one slowly decline affects everyone." The neurodegenerative disease can span anywhere from two to 20 years and turn a fully functioning adult or senior citizen into a helpless individual. Family caregivers often give up time from work and forego pay to spend 47 hours per week on average with an affected loved one who frequently cannot be left alone. In many ways, the effects disease (AD) on the family can be as devastating as its effects on the patient.
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Receiving the initial diagnosis is traumatic for everyone. Thus, the early effects of Alzheimer's on the family consist largely of processing the diagnosis, learning about the disease and preparing for the future. Individuals with AD may begin to say things and act in ways that are offensive and hurtful towards others. A gentle woman may become violent or a careful man become reckless, and as FCA points out, family members need to learn to "to differentiate between the disease and your loved one" in order to keep from internalizing these actions as purposefully inflicted wounds. As AD progresses, and the patient loses touch with reality, the strain on family members, especially those providing care for the patient, becomes greater. FCA says, "people caring for loved ones with AD frequently feel isolated, and it is common for caregivers to suffer from grief and loss as the person they are caring for changes." During this stage, safety also becomes a critical issue, forcing family members to approach their loved one as a child who has few inhibitions. This is also a time for considering daycare or nursing-home options, which may be a devastating line of thinking for families who hoped they would be able to provide for their loved one at home. If a family chooses to keep the AD patient at home for the duration of his life, the later stages of the disease require extensive care. Patients must be fed, moved, cleaned and diapered, and these tasks require families to be constantly present and available. At the very end of a patient's life, some families opt for hospice care to help meet the physical and medical needs of the patient with AD. FCA recommends that "families caring for a loved one with end-stage Alzheimer's should give thoughtful consideration to placement in a skilled nursing facility, where adequate management and supervision can be provided."

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FCA cautions that, "Getting appropriate emotional support through counseling, a support group or other family members is extremely important." Support groups are an excellent resource to help families connect with other individuals being impacted by the disease and to avoid the isolation that often comes from caring for individuals with AD For many families who have lost a member to AD, the loved one's physical death seems a sad reminder of a mental death that may have happened months or years before. Families may struggle to process and grieve appropriately. Even though Alzheimer's is a long-term disease, and it is known that the later stages will leave the person unable to make the simplest decision--or even understand the issue requiring a decision--far too few people are prepared for this eventuality. It is extremely important for the person to have "designated a trusted surrogate to make (end-of-life) decisions," says Ronald Martino.

VII. Treatment for Alzheimers Alzheimers disease is a complex disease, and no single magic bullet is likely to prevent or cure it. Thats why current treatments focus on several different issues, including helping people maintain mental function, managing behavioral symptoms, and slowing Alzheimers. No treatment has been proven to stop AD. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved four drugs to treat AD. For people with mild or moderate AD, donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon), or galantamine (Razadyne) may help maintain cognitive abilities and help control certain
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behavioral symptoms for a few months to a few years. Donepezil can be used for severe AD, too. Another drug, memantine (Namenda), is used to treat moderate to severe AD. However, these drugs dont stop or reverse AD and appear to help patients only for months to a few years. These drugs work by regulating neurotransmitters, the chemicals that transmit messages between neurons. They may help maintain thinking, memory, and speaking skills and may help with certain behavioral problems. Other medicines may ease the behavioral symptoms of ADsleeplessness, agitation, wandering, anxiety, anger, and depression. Treating these symptoms often makes patients more comfortable and makes their care easier for caregivers. No published study directly compares the four approved AD drugs. Because they work in a similar way, it is not expected that switching from one of these drugs to another will produce significantly different results. However, an AD patient may respond better to one drug than another.

VIII. Prevention of Alzheimers According to readers digest, there are only 5 ways in trying to prevent Alzheimers. This ways involves a lot of lifestyle change yet this may help you lower your risk of getting Alzheimers.

First, we must skip the chips. Eating too much fat and cholesterol seems to hasten the onset of Alzheimers, at least in a recent mice study; in human studies, being obese in midlife raises the risk of later memory problems, dementia, and Alzheimers.
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Next, we must take a walk in the sun. A study of nearly 2,000 people last year suggests that vitamin D the sunshine vitamin could help keep your brain sharp. Among volunteers 65 years and older, those with the lowest levels of the vitamin were more than twice as likely to have cognitive impairment as those whose levels were optimal. Your skin makes vitamin D when its exposed to sunlight, but because the process gets less efficient with age, some researchers also recommend supplements; talk to your doctor. After that, we must exercise our brain. We must set time each day to learn something new. At the same time we must practice memorization and solve riddles. Lifelong hobbies such as playing cards or doing crossword puzzles might also help protect against the symptoms of Alzheimers disease. Then, we must make time for friends. A little chatting can have a big payoff. This helps us to relax and manage stress. According to USCs Dr. Vincent Fortanasce, lifelong stress can double or quadruple your chances of Alzheimers disease; yet simple daily tools can minimize its effects. And lastly, we should keep moving. In a study of middle-aged and elderly adults with mild memory problems, those who started walking several times each week scored significantly higher on memory tests after just six months.

IX. Further research about the disease Interestingly, research is showing how diabetes and Alzheimer's disease may be related. In a study at Uppsala University in Sweden, diabetes in mid-life was found to be associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's in later life. The study tested more than 2,000 men for blood glucose levels at age 50 and then tested them again approximately 32 years later. Those with insulin problems at age 50
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were almost 1.5 times more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who did not have insulin problems, even when factors, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, education level and body mass index, were controlled. The association was strongest among those who did not carry the ApoE 4 gene variant that has been associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer's. Links have been found between diabetes andmild cognitive

impairment (MCI) as well. In a study by the Mayo Clinic, rates of diabetes were similar among people with MCI and people with no cognitive impairment; however, those with MCI were more likely to have developed diabetes before age 65, had diabetes for 10 years or more and had insulin treatment and/or diabetic complications. In a study by the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, researchers tried to identify a molecular basis for the interaction between diabetes and Alzheimer's. Their conclusion was that blood glucose levels and levels of beta amyloidal in the brain interacted in such a way that damaged the brain's blood vessels.

Researchers at Columbia University found that keeping blood sugar levels in check can lessen or possibly stave off even normal age-related cognitive decline in those that have diabetes and those who do not. Their theory is that blood glucose levels affect the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with memory, emotion and motor skills. Although more research needs to be conducted to further clarify the relationship between diabetes and Alzheimer's, it seems clear that preventing or controlling diabetes could be very good for your brain. How does one go about reducing the risk for diabetes? Interestingly, a healthy diet and plenty of exercise are

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essential components of a diabetes prevention or management program -- two lifestyle factors that have also been shown to be good for the brain. It was also shown that the risk of getting Alzheimer does also depend on what job we have. Studies have found a clear correlation between employment in jobs that are not mentally challenging and an increased risk of AD. In addition, taking less rather than more challenging jobs as one grows older is associated with a higher risk of AD. Alzheimer's disease can cause changes in a person's ability to interpret what he or she can see, hear, taste, feel, or smell. The person with Alzheimer's should be evaluated periodically by a physician for any such changes that may be correctable with glasses, dentures, hearing aids, or other devices. People with Alzheimer's may experience a number of changes in visual abilities. For example, they may lose their ability to comprehend visual images. Although there is nothing physically wrong with their eyes, people with Alzheimer's may no longer be able to interpret accurately what they see because of brain changes. People with Alzheimer's may also lose taste sensitivity. As their judgment declines, they also may place dangerous or inappropriate things in their mouths. At the same time, people with Alzheimer's disease may have normal hearing, but they may lose their ability to interpret what they hear accurately. This loss may result in confusion or overstimulation.

Also, research is being conducted in the area of Alzheimers itself and the diseases progression. One set of researchers has found that Alzheimers patients, while being aware of their deficits in memory and other function in the beginning of
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the illness, lose some of this self-awareness as the disease progresses. This selfawareness is most likely, logically, connected to the fact that an Alzheimers memory deteriorates as the disease progresses -- a patient cannot be aware of things they do not remember (Derouesne et all, 2000). Moreover, the recent discovery of a previously unknown lesion characteristic of Alzheimers disease may lead researchers to further understand the disease process and how intervention therapies may be designed. This lesion, called AMY plaque, may play a role in the onset and progression of Alzheimers. Moreover, studies of the inflammatory processes of the brain and the role of oxidative stress in Alzheimers disease have been conducted. This has led to preliminary indications of the beneficial use of anti-inflammatories, such as ibuprofen, and antioxidants, such as vitamin E, in treating or slowing progression of the disease. X. Conclusion Based on the study, we can conclude that Alzheimers disease produces a full-blown dementia in its patients and affects millions of people and their families. Yet even though many people catch this disease, research about the nature of this disease are still insufficient. Symptoms are still being finalized and there isnt a 100% chance that youll get diagnosed with Alzheimers when youre alive. The treatment for the disease is still being processed and the disease is being linked to other diseases such as diabetes. Though treatment isnt sure, prevention of getting the disease is put into place. There is still hope that we may not be able to get that life-changing disease.

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