, this condition is a neurodegenerative syndrome, which involves a gradual and irreversible loss of cognitive functions.
The most characteristic symptoms of Alzheimer's consist of memory deficits, language problems, personality changes, mood changes (episodes of aggression, psychosis, paranoia, etc.), lack of initiative, confusion, disorientation and loss of ability to reasoning and judgment.
Experts believe that genetic and environmental factors, plus a certain style and sometimes familiarity with the disease, contribute to causing Alzheimer's disease.
The evidence is clear on the pathophysiology of this form of dementia: the patient's brain undergoes a process of atrophy and at an extra- and intracellular level it accumulates protein aggregates, which seem to affect the survival and function of neurons.
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The most characteristic symptoms of Alzheimer's consist of memory deficits, language problems, personality changes, mood changes (episodes of aggression, psychosis, paranoia, etc.), lack of initiative, confusion, disorientation and loss of ability to reasoning and judgment.
Experts believe that genetic and environmental factors, plus a certain style and sometimes familiarity with the disease, contribute to causing Alzheimer's disease.
The evidence is clear on the pathophysiology of this form of dementia: the patient's brain undergoes a process of atrophy and at an extra- and intracellular level it accumulates protein aggregates, which seem to affect the survival and function of neurons.
For further information: Alzheimer's disease: What it is, Causes and Symptoms , episodes of aggression, paranoia and / or aggression, personality changes etc.
It should be noted immediately that the efficacy of symptomatic treatments for Alzheimer's tends to decrease in tandem with the progression of dementia.
