General Overview
The brain
What are the risk factors of Alzheimers?
Unhealthy lifestyle, Genetics, age, brain injuries
What is the most common symptom of alzheimers?
Forgetfull/ loss of memory
true or false? Is there a cure to alzheimers?
False, there is no cure
True or false? If someone is suffering from alzheimers should you shut them out from the real world?
False!
What is early alzheimers?
What is forgetting recent events or conversations?
Biggest risk factor of alzheimers?
Age
How do you define in someone is having symptoms of alzheimers?
Having a hard time forming sentences, or stop reaching out
If someone had alzheimers if your family is it for sure you will have it?
NO!
What do the medications do to someone with alzheimers?
Slow down process
What is the pathophysiology in the body for Alzheimer's?
Buildup of abnormal proteints: amyloid plaques build up between cells, while tau proteins form neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Causes brain cells to die & brain to shrink.
Definition of a healthy lifestyle
Staying active, not drinking or smoking consistently
Women
Is there a certain test doctors can run to see if someone has alzheimers?
No, but mini cognitive test can help show the progression.
Are doctors able to tell if a person has alzheimers?
Doctors can't 100% diagnose alzheimers-definitive diagnosis is brain biopsy/visualizing the brain.
What is loss of brain function causing dehydration, poor nutrition or infection
What is advanced stages of Alzheimers?
What does the brain look like as alzheimers progresses
It decreases in size
What ethnic groups have a higher chance of alzheimers?
Black and hispanics
Does alzheimers lead to other health conditions?
yes
Where does the fluid come from that the doctors collect?
spinal tap
Defintion of a hippocampus
The hippocampus is necessary for retrieval memories, and when it gets damaged during alzheimers people have a hard time remembering things that had just happened.
Where is the hippocampus in the brain?
temporal lobe
What is the mortality rate of alzheimers?
1 out of three people
What tests do doctors run to find out if someone is suffering from alzheimers?
take a blood sample, and a pee sample (r/o other disorders)
What is the name of the medicine a doctor would give to someone who has alzheimers
cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine