Alzheimer’s is a progressive and fatal brain disease. As many as 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's destroys brain cells, causing memory loss and problems with thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is FATAL. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States.
Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, it accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. Alzheimer’s HAS NO CURE. But treatments for symptoms combined with the right services and support, can make life better for the millions of Americans living with Alzheimer’s. There is an accelerating worldwide effort to find better ways to treat the disease, delay its onset, or prevent it from developing.
In Alzheimer’s disease, as in other types of dementia, increasing numbers of brain cells deteriorate and die. This makes it so our mind may think slower and not remember things. Those cells are also there to help hear, smell, make our muscles move and our organs function. Alzheimer’s affects more than just your memory!
This horrible disease is affecting more and more people, younger and younger. This is why I chose to join in on the Memory Walk. Here are a few pictures.
1 comment:
I am glad you got involved. Most of my elderly patients in the hospital were in the ICU for various reasons, but many were also suffering from dementia. It is a difficult disease knowing that it will only get worse. I bet you are a joy to those you work with, Even if they can't recognize it.
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