Nov16
Alzheimers Disease And Memory Loss
Memory loss is the distinguishing factor in all Alzheimer s cases. However, in the early stages it can be difficult to detect as people often devise elaborate coping mechanisms that disguise their symptoms. Recent memories are the first to be affected. It is only as the Alzheimers condition progresses that more distant memories become affected. Short term memory refers to the brain s mechanism for storage of recent events or things learned. The duration for things stored in a brain s short term memory can be as little as hours or as long as a week or two. It is this recent storage capacity that causes initial difficulty for people with Alzheimer s. Memory loss is a key factor of Alzheimers disease and it is easily tested. Therefore, it forms an important assesment tool for Alzheimer s diagnosis. A formerly extensively-used test to determine Alzheimer s was to ask a series of questions. These questions evaluated both short and long term memory. Ten questions...