Alzheimer's Disease - A Brain Disorder By Kevin Pederson | Alzheimers Disease | Rating: What is Alzheimers disease?

Alzheimers disease is a malfunction or disorder of the human brain. Alzheimers disease is named after a German physician Alois Alzheimer. In 1906 Alois Alzheimer first encountered the disorder and began to describe Alzheimers disease and begin what would become his lifes work. Since Alois Alzheimer work over a century ago scientists have built on his work and discovered more and more about the disorder and now can say with authority what Alzheimers disease can do, but sadly especially for the sufferers of Alzheimers disease they cant say how to prevent it and are no closer to a cure for Alzheimers disease than Alois Alzheimer was in 1906. The reason for this lack of progress is not the amount of sufferers worldwide although as a proportion of any population Alzheimers disease sufferers dont represent a significant number something in the region of one in every million, on the contrary Alzheimers disease and its associated research to discover what causes it and how to treat and cure it costs many hundreds of millions worldwide annually. The pure fact that humankind knows almost nothing about the human brain and its function is the root cause of the lack of any progress in developing treatments and cures for Alzheimers disease after 100 years of trying, not lack of funding or effort. It could be said that the many hundreds of millions used to research one small problem with the an organism as complicated as the brain is in reality a waste and that money would be better spent learning about the brain and as a by-product it is possible that a cure for Alzheimers disease would be stumbled upon. So exactly what is Alzheimers disease and what is the best way to describe it? Most Neurological specialists agree with the following broad definition. "Alzheimers disease is a progressive and debilitating brain disease which is always ultimately and fatal." As far as scientists, physicians and neurologists are aware today Alzheimers disease consumes or destroys brain cells this action in turn causes the sufferer progressive and significant problems with thinking, memory, and eventually behaviour. These symptoms and the problems they cause are severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies and social life, indeed there isnt any part of a humans life that wont be adversely affected by Alzheimers disease and as it is a progressive disorder the affects are culminative and the Alzheimers disease patient and those around him experience terrible trauma.

There is never any remission because unfortunately Alzheimers disease just gets worse over time and is eventually fatal in fact Alzheimers disease is recognised as the most common form of dementia both general and senile. Dementia is in fact a general and commonly used term for the loss of memory together with other intellectual faculties and abilities, which is serious enough to get in the way of with daily life and the normal routine. Figures suggest that Alzheimers disease accounts for between 50 and 70% of all dementia cases. Alzheimer's disease is one of the commonest problems faced by old people. This disease slowly and gradually takes over your mind to leave you as blank as a clean slate. Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder and one of the most common causes of dementia. Dementia damages the brain's basic functionality of memory, thinking, behavioral pattern and emotion. It is one of the most common forms of irreversible dementia. With the increasing age your chances increases too, to get affected by this condition. Once you cross 60 you become more susceptible to this disease. Though you will find young people getting affected too but, that is a rare case. Under this condition the nerve cells near the brain, key to memory and mental activities and connections between nerve cells are damaged. This loss of connectivity causes serious damage to the brain which spoils the thinking process and the memory. Some common symptoms of this disease is memory loss, confused state, personality changes, loss of language skills, forgetfulness, losing power of reading, writing and speaking, failing to understand language as well as familiar faces. After a period of time patients may loose total touch with their life and require full time care. It starts off with mild memory problem which ends with severe brain damage. The severity of the disease may differ from person to person which can be determined by the diagnosis of the doctor. People suffering from Alzheimer's can live for another 8 to 10 years or even more, once they have been diagnosed. There are many drugs in the market which have claimed to treat this disease. By the proper guidance of the doctor you can start your treatment with medicines like cholinesterase inhibitors donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl or Razadyne), and rivastigmine (Exelon). The other is NMDA receptor memantine (known as Ebixa, Axura or Namenda). Herbal Medicines Antioxidants have showed immense improvement with Alzheimer's. Antioxidants like vitamin E and C slows the progress of this disease. These can be recovered by antioxidant diet like fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds. Essential fatty acids are very useful in treating this disease. Regular consumption of coldwater fish which has EFA also known as Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids are very useful for treating this problem.

A high-magnesium diet proves to be very handy to evade this problem. Avoid processed food and diary products. Increase magnesium consumption by eating peanuts, almonds, spinach, navy beans, broccoli, kelp and many more. Studies have also shown that the leaves of ginkgo biloba tree also helps in minimizing the cruel effect of this problem. There is no actual cure but the consumption prevents dementia problem. Huperzine A derived from Hyperzia serrata (Club Moss) is very useful in improving your memory, behavioral patterns without any side effects. Vinpocetine has come from Vinca minor (Periwinkle) which improves brain circulation and utilization of oxygen. Bacopa monnieri (Water hyssop, Brahmi) works tremendously for nerve impulse and to build-up on memory and cognition. Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautionary measures while following instructions on the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.