dementia

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ALZHEIMERS DISEASE(AD)
It is a slowly progressive brain disease.It is the most common cause of dementia(loss of brain function occurs with certain disease)in elderly people.
Mostly occurs in older people i.e after the age of 50 and becomes more advanced with increase in age.It is mostly sporadic(occurs at random)but about 10 % patients

have family history of dementia.It is associated with memory impairment ,loss in ability,personality loss etc


Types of Alzheimers disease(AD)
It is of two types-Presenile dementia and Senile dementia.

presenile dementia
.Also known as early oneset AD
.Symptoms occurs in younger ages.i.e before the age of 60 years
.It is less common than senile dementia.
.It runs in families.several genes have been identified which is responsible for this.


Senile dementia
.It is also known as late onset AD
.It is the most common form of the disease
.Develops in people of older age i.e 60 years and after it.
.It runs in some families but the about the role of genes which cause this is not much clear.