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Alzheimer's Disease

Alternate Names : Organic Brain Syndrome

Alzheimer's Disease | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?

Symptoms include:

  • memory loss that affects the person's skills. Short-term memory, or memory of recent events, is particularly affected in individuals who have Alzheimer's disease.
  • difficulty doing familiar activities
  • misplacing belongings
  • poor or decreased judgment
  • language deterioration, with difficulty finding the right words
  • disorientation to time and place
  • changes in mood, including depression
  • hallucinations
  • delusions
  • personality changes, including agitation and irritability
  • impaired ability to orient the body to the surrounding space
  • a loss of interest in activities that were previously pleasurable
  • loss of bowel and bladder control
  • Sometimes individuals will wander. They can have problems doing complex tasks such as cooking or keeping track of a checkbook.


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    Author: Tamara Miller, MD
    Reviewer: Barbara Mallari, RN, BSN, PHN
    Date Reviewed: 07/15/01



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