{"id":4688,"date":"2019-02-26T00:49:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T00:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/llwd100\/?page_id=4688"},"modified":"2019-02-26T00:49:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T00:49:23","slug":"alzheimers-and-other-dementia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/llwd100\/learning-pathways\/the-diseases-part-2\/alzheimers-and-other-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimers and other dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WHAT IS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE?\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAlzheimer\u2019s disease is a disease of the brain where abnormal proteins collect in brain cells. Alzheimer\u2019s disease causes symptoms of dementia such as memory loss, difficulty performing daily activities, and changes in judgement, reasoning, behaviour, and emotions. These dementia symptoms are irreversible, which means that any loss of abilities cannot come back.\n<\/p>\n

Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a common form of dementia; however, there are many others. Other irreversible dementias include vascular dementia (due to strokes), Lewy Body disease, frontotemporal dementia, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Parkinson\u2019s disease, and Huntington\u2019s disease.\n<\/p>\n

These conditions can have similar and overlapping symptoms, and many of them can only be diagnosed with certainty by autopsy of the brain.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

OTHER DEMENTIAS\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOther dementias\u201d resemble Alzheimer\u2019s disease in that they also involve a progressive degeneration of brain cells that is currently irreversible. There are many different types of dementia, although some are far more common than others.\n<\/p>\n