Alzheimer’s disease is a Progressive Neurological disorder that causes the brain to shrink and brain cells to die, bringing a decline in the ability to think and logically stipulate happenings. The disease is one of the most prime reasons behind dementia. A continuous decline in thinking, behavioral and social skills affects a person’s ability to function independently.

To ensure that you recognize the emergence of the disease in its early stages, here are a few signs and symptoms people with Alzheimer’s showcase.

The symptoms include

Loss in memory

Occasional memory loss can be ignored, but if memory loss persists and worsens over time, it is possible that it is due to Alzheimer’s. People with Alzheimer’s generally

• Repeat questions and symptoms over and over.
• Forget conversations, appointments, or events and not remember them later
• Routinely misplace possessions
• Get lost in familiar places
• Eventually, forget the names of family members and everyday objects.
• Have trouble finding the right words to identify objects, express thoughts, or participate in conversations.

Thinking and reasoning

The disease also causes difficulty in concentrating and thinking about abstract concepts. Multitasking becomes hard for people suffering from the disease, who generally fail to handle their finances.

Planning and performing Familiar tasks

Routine activities which require sequential steps, such as cooking and planning or playing a favorite game, becomes a struggle for people suffering from alzheimer’s. They often forget how to perform basic steps and tasks.

Change in Behavior and Personality

Brain changes in Alzheimer’s can affect mood behavior and might include Depression, Apathy, Social Withdrawal, mood swings, distrust in others, aggressiveness, and loss of inhibitions. Delusions of personal effects are being stolen. Certain signs, such as forgetting the names of family members, can be a tipping point beyond which medical supervision becomes necessary. If similar symptoms are visible in any of your loved ones, undertake medical supervision as soon as possible.

Stem Cell Treatment in Alzheimer’s

Because stem cells are like those present in cord blood and cord tissue, they have been shown to promote anti-inflammatory benefits; hence, researchers pertain to a solemn belief that the therapy could effectively treat alzheimer’s. In 2018, researchers were able to spur the creation of cholinergic-like neurons from cord tissue stem cells when cultured with a Cholinergic-N-Run medium for up to 7 days. The dysfunction and loss of cholinergic neurons are believed to lead to a progressive decline in learning and memory performance in people with Alzheimer’s. The study gives researchers hope for the future direct replacement of these lost cells.

Medications that work other than stem cell therapy are

Cholinesterase Inhibitors

These drugs boost cell-to-cell communication levels by preserving a chemical messenger depleted in the brain by Alzheimer’s disease. These are usually the first medications tried, and most people see modest improvements in symptoms with these drugs.

Memantine

This drug works in another brain cell communication network and slows the progression of symptoms with moderate to severe alzheimer’s disease. The drug is often used in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor.