The Seven Words of Warning Signs of Alzhimers Disease

The Seven Word of Warning Signs of Alzhimers Disease

The point of this list is too aware the public to the early warning signs of one of the most devastating disorders affecting older people — Alzhimers disease. If someone has numerous or even most of these symptoms, it does not mean they definitely have the disease. It does mean they should be systematically examined by a medical specialist trained in evaluating memory disorders, such as a neurologist or a psychiatrist, or by a comprehensive memory disorder clinic, with an entire team of expert facts about memory problems.

The seven words of warning signs of Alzhimers disease are:

1. Asking the same question over and over again.

2. Repeat the same story, word for word, again and again.

3. Forgetting how to cook, or how to make repairs, or how to have fun cards — activities that were previously done with ease and regularity.

4. Losing one's capability to pay bills or balance one's checkbook.

5. Getting lost in familiar environment, or misplacing household objects.

6. Neglecting to bathe, or wearing the same clothes over and over again, while insisting that they have taken a bath or that their clothes are still clean.

7. Relying on someone else, such as a spouse, to make decisions or answer questions they previously would have handled themselves.


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