Sunday, June 6, 2010

Early Onset Alzheimer's

By Laurence U. Storey

Unfortunately in life it seems that mankind can always count on two items as people age - illness and government taxes. As the world continue to progress on technology, there are still illnesses until now are undiscovered for their medical solutions. One of them is Alzheimer's disease, an illness which mostly connected to aging and commonly found in well develop countries like the United States of America, Canada and Europe. The disease requires special care from family member to somehow lessen the risk of the illness. However, care giving start conflicts among members of the family and the sufferer.

If one of your relatives had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, support is the patient's primary source of energy to overcome the disease. However, there are no known medications to completely treat the illness. Alzheimer's disease is found among people of the age of 65. But there are cases that the disease starts to develop among middle age individuals like 30s and 40s. Thus, members of the family must show affection to avoid the feeling of being numb among patient. Alzheimer's disease cause several changes on the patients mind setting, behavior and temper.

Alzheimer's disease is found among people over 65 years old. However, there are cases that the disorder develops on the middle ages like 30s and 40s. Expect several changes on patient's mood and memory as on of numerous effect of Alzheimer's disease to an individual. Most of them lost their memory and failed to do once have skills, including eating, taking a bath, writing and etc. In the end, the patients need to have special care to assist and provide all of his needs.

It is essential for continuous learning about the disease among family members to ease the pain of Alzheimer's. Relatives must understand ground rules of the disorder, as well as the applicable medication to administer the disease without making the patient feel hopeless. Alzheimer's disease might be confusing to some but it is not contagious if there is a tender care from relatives. As of now, there no known treatment to cure the disorder but with appropriate care and support, depression or other related mental burden will be reduced.

The patient is more emotional, as one of the several effects of Alzheimer's disease. They do not need a normal assistance but what they need is tender care including the support and understanding from the whole members of the family. Majority of patient's relatives do not feel comfortable on maintaining the sanity of the patient. They tend to set a distance to avoid the odorous smell. This is why some family avail an expensive professional care giver to provide the patient's need on their behalf. Today, there are no known methods to overcome the disorder. Family's support and affection is still the best medication to reduce the depression of the patient.

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