Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia syndromes and accounts for more than two thirds of cases. In France, there are 900,000 people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. It is a degeneration of neurons associated with the toxic accumulation of proteins in the brain: the beta-amyloid protein and the abnormally phosphorylated Tau protein.
The cerebral lesions associated with Alzheimer’s disease are silent for a long time and then they lead to visible manifestations as they multiply. Although it is the most characteristic sign of the disease, memory loss is not necessarily the first symptom to appear. Alzheimer’s disease can be signaled by other signs.
Alzheimer’s disease can begin, for example, with behavioral problemsexecutive function disorders (difficulties in carrying out ordinary everyday actions that we were able to do before and which have an impact on the quality of life), language disorders, impaired judgment and even loss of smell. It is important to detect these signs because an early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease allows the person affected to receive treatments likely to delay the progression of the disease, to take useful decisions to prepare for their future, and also to have access to therapeutic innovation by enrolling in research protocols. Focus on 9 symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
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