It can be said that there are no shortage of misconceptions that are commonly held in relation to Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia in general.
Among these are :
- that people get Alzheimer’s Disease in their forties or fifties
- that dementia is the same as senility or aging
- that if your mother developed Alzheimer’s Disease in her eighties, you have a close to 95 % percent chance of getting it as well
- Alzheimer’s brain changes may start years or decades before memory problems begin or become fully apparent
- specialists can tell up to 90 % accuracy whether or not someone has Alzheimer’s
- a depressed mood or vitamin deficiency can impair one’s memory
- there is no approved medication or medications for treating Alzheimer’s symptoms. The only option , as the misinformed or those with misconceptions are for “experimental drugs”
- high blood pressure or obesity may increase one risk of dementia. “You eat too much” may be the refrain from dietitian types who see all health evils as a result of overeating
- being socially involved and keeping one’s mind active may postpone Alzheimer’s
- that all clinical research studies involve taking risky experimental drugs.
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