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Bookmark or Share- Alzheimer's stages: How the disease progresses - Mayo ClinicAlzheimer's disease tends to develop slowly and gradually worsens over several years. Eventually, Alzheimer's disease affects most areas of your brain. Memory, thinking, judgment, language, problem-solving, personality and movement can all be affected by the disease. There are five stages associated with Alzheimer's disease. They include:
- Alzheimer's disease - WikipediaAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events.
- Alzheimer's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicAlzheimer's disease causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to eventually die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia — a gradual decline in memory, thinking, behavior and social skills. These changes affect a person's ability to function.
- What is Alzheimer's Disease? Symptoms & Causes | alz.orgAlzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia. Learn about Alzheimer’s symptoms, what causes Alzheimer's, tests and treatments. Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior.
- What Is Alzheimer's Disease? | National Institute on AgingAlzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with the disease — those with the late-onset type symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Early-onset Alzheimer’s occurs between a person’s 30s and mid-60s and is very rare.
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