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General
Disease characterized by the onset of mental disorders such as persecutory delusions, memory impairment, temporal and spatial disorientation, problems with language comprehension, memory loss and desultory conversation.

Alzheimer’s disease usually strikes people over age 65 but can also affect younger people. It is often accompanied by cerebral symptoms such as altered gait, coordination of movements or changes in reflexes.

Main symptoms

During the first two years with Alzheimer’s disease, patients suffer from disorientation and memory loss of recent events. Later, the patient will have frequent problems due to progressive memory loss, trial, concentration, speech, and physical coordination. This is the stage during which the patient may forget to bathe and have problems with activities that previously you were routine. Eventually, either the patient’s family and / or their caregivers have to constantly monitor the patient because of their tendency to move away and get lost, and senseless act in socially inappropriate ways.

Patients with Alzheimer’s disease may also suffer from insomnia, confusion or nervousness during the hours of the night, and repeat the same ideas, movements, words or thoughts. The final and most advanced stage of the disease include severe problems with feeding, communication and control of basic functions.