Every 65 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease, making it the 6th leading cause of death in the country. Alzheimer affects the functions of your brain because the brain shrinks dramatically over time, leading to nerve cell death and tissue loss.

It is a continuous and permanent disorder that damages your brain. The cortex in your brain shrivels up making it difficult to think, plan, and remember. The most severe shrinkage is in the hippocampus, where memories form. The ventricles in the brain grow larger. These all impair memory, thinking skills, and the ability to carry out simple tasks.
For most people the symptoms for Alzheimer’s disease appear in the mid-60s. Some of the ones you might experience are memory loss, confusion of time and place, problems with speaking or writing words, misplacing things, and poor judgment. Unfortunately, there is no cure yet but some ways to help you cope with it are treatments to maintain a healthy mental function, manage the behavioral symptoms, and slow down the growth of symptoms.

If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, contact us for a second opinion that can help you have peace of mind.