Dementia vs Alzheimers
What is the difference?
Dementia vs Alzheimers
The Alzheimer's Association distinguishes Dementia vs Alzheimers in the following ways. Dementia is defined as the global, progressive deterioration of memory, language, thought, behavior and personality/mood. All or only a combination of these symptoms need to be present for a doctor to say you have dementia. Senility, on the other hand, refers to the normal forgetting and changes in personality, after the age of 65. Therefore, senile dementia is dementia that begins after the age of 65. Under the umbrella of dementia are specific types of dementia like Reversible Dementias, Vascular Dementia, Frontal-temporal Dementia and some diseases as well. Alzheimer's Disease, along with Lewy Body Disease, are diseases under the label of dementia. Alzheimer's disease is estimated to account for 60-65% of all dementia, while reversable dementias account for 10%. The relationship between dementia vs Alzheimers is not one of opposition. Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia. If someone has Alzheimer's, they also have dementia. But if they have dementia they could have a number of different types of dementia or diseases. Because Alzheimer's results in a gradual deterioration of cognitive function,
Alzheimers stages
have been designated to refer to the amount of memory loss and function.
Alzheimers Disease Brain
The Alzheimers disease brain shows two main changes:1. A build up of plaque made of Amyloid in the brain cells. It's as if the brain in cleaning out toxic protein and dumping it there. 2. Inside the brain cell, called a neuron, the Tau Protein is changing form and begins to resemble a "tangle" of fibers. The brain cells are like railroad tracks that allow messages and nutrients to go through, but the Tau pops up and the railroad ties are lifted up distorting the tracks and blocking nutrient and communication transmission in the brain. These changes are happening years before Alzheimer's symptoms are noticeable. (Note: the above information was taken from the 2011 Northern California Alzheimer's Association Educational Conference.)
Aluminum and Alzheimers
My mother, Maria, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 82.
Click here to read her story.
At that time it was believed that there was a link between aluminum and Alzheimer's. This was due to findings that the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease contained higher than normal levels of aluminum. "Only later was it recognized that the presence of this metal in the brain was a consequence of the degenerative process, not the cause of it." (When the Body Says No, Exploring the Stress-disease Connection by Gabor Mate, M.D.). The aluminum Alzheimer's disease connection has been debunked.We all want to know what are the
causes of Alzheimer's disease.
Unfortunately research has come up empty handed. If you know of someone with Alzheimer's disease and would like to share their story
click here.
My hope is that together we can find clues to solving this mystery by looking at the mental-emotional and spiritual levels of their life perspective and experiences.
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