Health

Brain hardening

by Barbie Kunkelova

"Oh, where did I leave my glasses, was it on this table? But in this room? What is this for a room? !Do I wear glasses? I surely made that curtain my daughter is ironing & but wait & that is a daughter? I'm not sure, I'm just not sure. Why would I have a daughter anyways? Have I been married? I won't cut myself, I won't!!!"The brain hardening, as people used to call the mysterious changes in behavior of older people, or the "Alzheimer's", is a neurodegenerative disease usually found in older people's brains & by people over 65 years old. It was first discovered on one beautiful day in year 1901 by Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who was a German psychiatrist. He found it in a 50-year-old woman's case. Her name was Auguste Deter. She was over 40 years old when first symptoms of dementia appeared in her behavior: loss of memory, delusions, temporary vegetative states (state very similar to coma), trouble with sleeping (she usually screamed at night and dragged her sheets around the house). When her husband Karl couldn't take it anymore, he brought her to a hospital in Frankfurt where she was examined and taken care of by Dr. Alzheimer. He asked her the same questions every few days to see if she remembered, but after few years she became completely mindless and died in April of 1906. In November Dr.Alzheimer decided to publicize this curious case. There is no cure; the available medications might only help patient's memory in some cases.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071022/ts_nm/alzheimers_education_dc;_ylt=AsDsOfV97JsrSTdgDEnGtW.s0NUE

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