Symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Common early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

• Confusion
• Disruption of short-term memory
• Problems of attention and spatial orientation
• Changes the nature
• Speech
• Unexplained mood swings

Important to know is that Alzheimer's disease does not meets each patient in the same way. The stages listed below represent the usual well-known course of disease.

Stage 1

At the beginning of the disease are Alzheimer's patients powerless, excluding energy and they lose their spontaneity. These symptoms are by themselves and their environment is not usually recorded as abnormal. Affected show mild memory problems and mood swings. You will learn and react slowly. After a while they start to shy away from anything new and prefer only what they know. Memory loss begins to affect the work and everyday life. The patient is confused, forgets things quickly and judged wrong.

Stage 2

At that stage Alzheimer's patient tasks still meet alone. He needs but may already help to tackle more complicated things. Language comprehension and slow down. Some patients often forget mid-sentence, say what they wanted. You can get lost outside their home or forget to pay bills. Alzheimer's patients feel that they lose control, it is possible that they become depressed, irritable and restless. The personality of the person concerned is lost more and more. They remember events that happened a long time, during a short time previous things very difficult, if not completely memorable. People who suffer from advanced Alzheimer's disease understand, often no longer know what day and what time is or where they are. Caregivers must provide clear and simple instructions and repeat this often. If the memory loss of Alzheimer's disease progresses, he invents words and no longer recognizes familiar faces.

Stage 3

In the final stage, patients can not chew and swallow more. The last vestige of her personality disappears. The memory is very poor and the patient recognizes anyone. He loses control of bladder and bowels, and needed intensive care. Alzheimer's patients fall ill with pneumonia, infections or other diseases. Problems with breathing and swallowing become larger, especially if the patient is bedridden. The impairment of vital functions eventually leads to death.