Thursday, 31 May 2012

EARLY-ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

We have always thought that Alzheimers Disease strikes only old people. Now we are finding that it also strikes the young.

The BBC report shows in gruesome detail the effects of the disease on young people and their families.

BBC News - Early-onset Alzheimer's strikes families fast and ...
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1 day ago – Alzheimer's is thought of as a disease of the elderly. But the early-onset
form of the disease can wreak havoc for young people and their ...

Sufferers experiences  shrinking of the brain and loss of brain functions until they no longer respond to their surroundings including their loved ones.

The loss of brain function is known as dementia. Those who suffer HIV/AIDS may experience a similar wastage of the brain functions. Please click:

A HERO OF TRUE LOVE - FAMILY POSITIVE LIVING - AIDS ...

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1 May 2012 – Members of AIDS Holistics have seen such deaths many times. The
doctor who wrote the letter set down the end path accurately. Perhaps he ...

The doctor who wrote the report above did not mention dementia. But as a doctor in the hospital ward, he may not have known her case history.

But the sufferer was certainly in the final stages before death. She would not have known much.

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