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Conditions & Diseases: Brain & Nervous SystemAlzheimer's DiseaseSee Also: Signs & Symptoms The 10 most common symptoms for Alzheimer's disease include:
4. Disorientation: People forget their familiar surroundings, neighborhood etc., wondering how they got there and do not know how to return home or their starting point. 5. Poor or reduced judgment: People suffering with AD tend to wear inappropriate clothing such as wearing bare minimum clothing on a cold day and dress in cold weather clothes on a hot day. 6. Abstract thinking: People with AD experience a ...difficulty in performing complex mental tasks such as adding numbers, multiplying, dividing, subtracting, and some times even forget the purpose of numbers and calculation. 7. Misplacing articles: People tend to misplace articles in unusual places, such as placing a wristwatch in a sugar bowl or a plastic container on a gas stove. 8. Mood or behavioral changes: People suffering from AD exhibit rapid changes in moods - going from a happy, joyous mood to tears to anger for absolutely no reason. 9. Change in personality: Dramatic changes in personality of people suffering from dementia are observed, such as they become extremely confused, suspicious, fearful or more dependent on family members. 10. Loss of initiative: People suffering from AD become passive. For example watching TV for longer duration, sleeping for longer hours and not performing normal activities (11).
See Also: Alzheimer's is sometimes misspelled as: Alzhimers, alzeimers, alheimers, and alzimers. Article by Kona Vishnu, MS |
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