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29/05/2012
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RIO - A recent study by experts at King's College London and the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, at the request of the Alzheimer's Disease International, shows that 75% of patients with Alzheimer's do not know they suffer from the disease and the diagnosis delay average of three years. And after the news, only 20% of patients adhere to treatment. In 2010, a survey by the Brazilian Academy of Neurology showed that the delay in correct diagnosis and appropriate access to drugs complicates the treatment.
Despite being one of the most feared diseases in the aging process, Alzheimer's disease is usually detected at a later stage because the relatives of elderly people confuse memory loss resulting from the dementia that occurs naturally with age. The condition affects 36 million people worldwide and approximately 1.5 million in Brazil. It is estimated that the number of patients in the world bend 20 years due to aging of the population.
Alzheimer's is a progressive, degenerative disease, caused by deterioration of brain cells that begins many years before the first symptoms appear. Early on, after 65 years, appears to fail in recent memory, which stores the latest information. During evolution, the disease may compromise language, the ability to find words to name objects and to remember names of relatives.
The professionals who are routinely involved in diagnosis are neurologists, psychiatrists and geriatricians. The earlier the detection, the better the response to drugs and the slower disease progression. In moderate and severe stages, the disease usually manifest as changes in behavior and memory loss at a faster pace.
Early signs of Alzheimer's disease:
- Loss of recent memory;
- Difficulty remembering the names of persons or objects;
- Difficulty of expression;
- Apathy, depression or behavioral changes;
- Difficulty in spatial and temporal location.
Source: Online Extra
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