Alzheimer's
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This degenerative disorder is a form of mental dementia. It used to be called
senility, now called dementia, it is characterized by problems with remembering,
reasoning and cognition (thinking). Alzheimer's Disease was first identified in 1907 by a German neurologist named Alois
Alzheimer, it is characterized
by a progressive failure of mental functioning, including loss of the ability to communicate
or concentrate, accompanied by personality changes and mood swings. It seems to affect a
person's ability to remember small things at first; but usually comes to include
physical functions as well. These begin with such things as bowel and
bladder control, and can grow to include an inability to walk or even move.