"Ten Warning Signs Of Alzheimer's Disease"

Please note: If you have several of these symptoms or signs, you should see a qualified physician for a complete examination as soon as possible. It may or may not be Alzheimers, but it is always best to seek early treatment.

Alzheimers disease is a progressive disease, which means that symptoms or signs get worse as time progresses. How fast the disease progresses and what pattern the symptoms follow variable from person to person.

The 10 warning signs for Alzheimer's include:

1. Memory loss: One of the most common early signs of dementia is forgetting recently learned information. While its normal to forget appointments, names or telephone numbers, those with dementia will forget such things more often and also they will not remember them later.

2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks: People with dementia often find it difficult to complete mundane, everyday tasks that are so familiar to us that we usually do not think about how to do them. For example, a person with Alzheimer's may not know the steps for preparing a meal, using a household appliance, driving a car, or participating in their lifelong hobbies.

3. Problems with language: Everyone has trouble finding the right word sometimes, but a person with Alzheimers often forgets simple words or substitutes unusual words, making his or her speech or writing hard to understand. If a person with Alzheimer's is unable to find his or her toothbrush, for example, the individual may ask for that thing for my mouth, because they may not remember what a toothbrush is called.

4. Disorientation to time and place: Its normal to forget the day of the week, the current date, or where you are going. However, people with Alzheimers disease can become lost, even in the street that they have lived in for many years. They can forget where they are and how they got there, and they may not know how to get back home.This is one of the sings of Alzheimers that you should watch out for.

5. Poor or decreased judgment: It is not expected that we give a perfect judgment all the time. We make mistakes. That is understandable. However, if the person's judgment is so poor that he ends up wearing too many clothes on a warm day or too little during winter or gives large amounts of money to a telemarketer and does not remember to pay the repairman, then that could be a sign of Alzheimer's.

6. Problems with abstract thinking: Balancing a checkbook or checking your credit card statement or phone bill can be difficult for all of us at times. However, someone with Alzheimers could completely forget what numbers mean or how to add up.

7. Misplacing things: Anyone can temporarily misplace a wallet or keys. However, a person with Alzheimer's may put things in unusual places. For example, they may put the toaster in the freezer, or their keys in the vegetable draw of a fridge.

8.Changes in mood or behavior: Everyone can become sad, angry, or moody from time to time, especially in today's world. Indeed, it is the people who never become sad or moody that you really need to watch out for! However, a person with Alzheimers can show rapid mood swings from calm to tears to anger for no apparent reason.

9. Changes in personality: A person's personality may gradually change as they age. However, the personality of a person with Alzheimer's can change a great deal very quickly. For example, they may become extremely confused, suspicious, fearful or dependent on a family member.

10. Loss of initiative: It is perfectly normal for people to occasionally tire of housework, business activities, or social obligations. However, early signs of Alzheimers may cause a person to become very passive, sitting in front of the television for hours, sleeping more than usual or not wanting to do their usual or favorite activities.

Alzheimers Stages