exact recommendation in alzheimers disease?
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Your question doesn't make any sense. Do you know someone who has it and you want help caring for them?  Do you know someone who might have it and need help geting them diagnosed?
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This any good\n\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9473085&dopt=Abstract
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The research done with mice and spinal cord injury is fascinating, yet does not touch the neural networks involved in memory and cognition, only motor function.  Much research has gone into embryonic stem cell research which could hopefully reverse the effects that the plaques have already caused on the brain.  Even more interesting work is being done in prevention.  Like many illnesses it is easier to treat if it never happens and like many illnesses it seems that exercise can help prevent the disease.  With the aging population I believe the interest in a cure and possibly vaccines for prevention may be on the way soon.
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ONLY SUGGESTION.  DOCTOR.  NOW.  DOCTOR. GO. MAKE THE APPT. DOCTOR!\n\n;)
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No, though doctors are using Aricept nowadays to slow the dementia process. \n\nFun Fact (if you can call Alzheimers fun): Did you know that the only way to truly diagnose Alzheimers is with an autopsy and examination of the brain? When doctors make the diagnosis of Alzheimers they are only making an educated guess.
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Most cases of Alzheimer's disease become apparent after the age of 65.  A small percentage of cases can occur in genetically susceptible people at a much younger age.
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Scientists are still trying to figure out if a chromosome is responsible for Alzheimer's.  And it can effect any age past 35.\n\nThe only definitive diagnosis of alzheimers is by biopsy of the brain on the person after death.  The brain of a person with alzheimers is like a spider web.
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John Hopkins did a study that showed statistically that taking an extra 250 mg vitamin C and 400 Units of E every day would reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's, if I remember correctly. :-0
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Get a second opinion, and not from a neurologist at the same hospital.  If the second neurologist confirms, you might want to get a psychiatrist's opinion as well - not suggesting mental illness, they just specialize in different aspects of brain functioning and should be willing to work with the neurologist.  The psych would also be the best resource if depression and anxiety are setting in.  You'll definitely want someone quite knowledgeable about drug interactions.
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I would write a poem to my mother.  She suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and knows that she is loosing her memory.  She has loved me unconditionally since before I was born, and believe me, I was just as frustrating as a child as I am as an adult.  My wife, I love passionately, but my mother I love so very deep.  I have a hard time expressing my emotions about this in just words, but perhaps a poem might do it.
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on text boooks and cd roms?\n\nI will recommend paul g. hewitt.
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I am sorry to hear of your father's illness. There are support groups out there. http://www.alz.org The Alzheimer's Association is available online. Also if you or your family members are involved in care-giving for him there are some wonderful groups for that as well.\nI am not sure where you are;located, but check with your local senior center and senior advocates, the are a valuable source of help for people and families with this and other dementia troubles.\nJust remember that he is still your dad and that you have to be very patient with him. I wish you the best and please read up some of these sources and make some contacts, because your entire family and friends are going to be effected with this and you will need a support  system and much understanding and coping strategies. God bless.
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Thats a really tough situation. I worked at a assisted living. Obviously alot of elders are expierencing Alzheimers. If they are living on their own invest in the necklace like MedAlert.  What the person under me is talking about is med alert.
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease, is the most common cause of dementia and characterized clinically by progressive cognitive deterioration together with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. The most striking early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifests as minor forgetfulness that becomes steadily more pronounced with illness progression, with relative preservation of older memories. As the disorder progresses, cognitive (intellectual) impairment extends to the domains of language (aphasia), skilled movements (apraxia), recognition (agnosia) and those functions (such as decision-making and planning) closely related to the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain as they become disconnected from the limbic system, reflecting extension of the underlying pathological process. This consists principally of neuronal (cell) loss (or atrophy), together with an inflammatory response to the deposition of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_atrophy
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My doctor recommended word puzzles. Crossword puzzles, Sudoku, word puzzles (where you circle words). He said the more you test your brain the more it will boost your memory. He did not recommend any vitamins or foods.
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Donna M is right the Alzheimers is showing now. \n\nAre we talking head or pubic, because i don't think you should dye the latter..  Although if you do insist on doing it get someone to help you!!\n\nOh and on the head, couldn't give a shite Zebra, i mean Zulu..