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What are the probability that all three of these individuals have alzheimers desease?
if a man who is 77 total of 4.9 maleswomen 2.3 who is 76 women 7.8 who are 82what are the probability that all three of these individuals have alzheimers desease??

Grandmother had alzheimers at 55?
Whats the chances I will get it?no one else on family has it. Im 27 but forgot a name of a colleague the other day and as I suffer from anxiety have made myself ill and havent slept. Now im assesing everyt

I think my mother may be progressing into alzheimers; HELP?
I am 18 years old, and my mother is 60, my father 62. my father has a somewhat sharp memory for his age. he always has, along with his sharp tongue. however, my mother has been losing her short term memory for years now. she is a chain smoker, has been all her life... she has chronic lung and chest problems, and now the concern of alzheimers has been brought to my attention. she forgets everything. I can tell her, and clarify, something ten times and she still won't remember it within the day or sometimes week. she forgets names, and she repeats herself. she calls me sometimes and asks about information I have already given her. along with that she shows sign of pathological lying. my mother and I have our differences, but I am so scared. I am not ready to lose my mother to any disease. please help, tell me what symptoms are of this illness, and if it sounds like it could be anything else? thank you.

Do you know anybody with alzheimers disease ?
how old are they? what are the symptoms? what can you do?

Symptoms of alzheimers?
I have a very good friend who was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia a couple of years ago, but over the past year her memory has got worse, she will forget she is making a cup of coffee or forget to turn the cooker on and wonder why the food isnt cooked, this is not daily but it is several times a week. The reason for my question is we wonder if it is one of the fibromyalgia symptoms or is this the onset of alzheimers? She is 42.p.s her doctor says she is too young, but she is still worried.

Does this sound like the onset of alzheimers or a stroke or what?
My sister who is almost 80 a young 80 went to a funeral with friends and the next day she didn't remember going to it. She is going to see a neurologist but just wondered if this ever happened to anyone you know and what was it? I wonder if it could be a side effect of meds..like a statin.

Early onset alzheimers, only 27 but very worried?
I have known a colleague For 6 months. I was talking to another colleague infront of him and went to say his name but completely forgot it. It just wouldnt come to me. I had to look at his badge 2 minutes later to see what it was. I suffer from anxiety and havent slept for 2 nights now. Im assesing every little thing I do now and am so paranoid. im 27 and scared of my life. Is this norm

Grandmother had alzheimers, senile dementia?
Whats the chances I will get it?no one else on family has it. Im 27 but forgot a name of a colleague the other day and as I suffer from anxiety have made myself ill and havent slept. Now im assesing everyt

What can be done to stop the initial symptoms of alzheimers from getting worse?

We know that one of the three people has alzheimers disease,but we don't knowwhchoe?
what is the codictional proability that the affected person is awoman?

Please help us, dad sick from Alzheimers, kidney failure taking dialysis, etc. feeling helpless?
My dad suffers from a long list of illnesses diabetes, heart disease, has had heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure for which he goes to regular dialysis, and Alzheimer s disease. He is only 65 years old but we believe he has had Alzheimer s for over 5 years now. Lately his Alzheimer s in combination of dialysis has been getting extremely bad and rapidly advancing. He has lost the ability to function on his own for a while now, he is delusional and because of his delusions he falls under a lot of emotional stress to point where he is crying out loud like a baby , has lost most of his common sense, he cannot control his bladder at times, unable to speak properly, restless unless we give him a strong sleeping pill and lately he has been getting episodes of extreme Catatonia where he completely freezes in a specific state for several minutes his eyes open, hands drawn out, this sometimes happens when he is screaming at someone and just pauses like that . It s extremely difficult to bare and cope not just witnessing my father go through this but also witnessing my mother s anxiety being his prime caretaker and family s emotional state over this. As a family we are there for him and we try cope with it but lately it s become a real life nightmare, no one has peace day or night, we can t sleep properly at night because my dad wonders away and screams my mom s name really loud and frightening and is needing constant attention day or night. My poor mother being his prime caregiver is also the recipient to most of his abuses aggression due to his emotional state. One of the main delusional episodes he is suffering from is the belief that my mom had an affair with his cousin and due to this belief he is in a state of constant stress and agitation so he verbally abuses her and tries to attack her. What s worse is that no one can control him and we don t want to use force because he is so fragile. He goes in and out of mood swings. When he is bad, he refuse to take his medications because he thinks its poison he refuses to go the hospital as well. We haven t taken him to a long term care home because at first we thought it was a not a good place for him but after when things got worse, we couldn t due to a long waiting list. I just got off the phone with our healthcare rep. to see if we can take him to a short stay rest pit center for a few days these places are designed for families who have dealt with a lot to rest for a few days by having them take care of the sick person so that my mom and family can have a badly needed break at least for a few days , turns out they don t want to take him, she is making excuses and saying he should see a doctor first and then we will see, blah blah blah. No one wants to take him. If he stops dialysis he will pass away within days but we really don t know what HE wants and we could never make a decision to end his life, I think it would be very hard to live with if we decided this, knowing that we killed our father and whether or not that was the right choice. The quality of his life is definitely very poor but what if he doesn t want to die even if he is going through this? Who are we do decide if he lives or dies? His illnesses has become so bad and we don t know what to do , he is suffering, my mom is suffering and I fear for her own health and my family is suffering. I don t usually post anything on the internet but after getting no help from medical people including kidney societies, Alzheimer s society and his general healthcare workers, we have never felt more helpless hopeless. I have read articles and done research but don t know anymore... its easy for medical staff doctors to suggest stopping dialysis and killing him off like they have but I can never trust their judgment because so many times they don t really care about a senior patient with inclining health, they care more about dealing with a difficult person and freeing up space. Please help

Potential Alzheimers?
My mother in law's behavior has changed greatly in the last 4 5yrs. I wonder if her symptoms are a sign of Alzheimers or other mental illness. She is most disturbingly a liar. She has lied for as long as I've known her, but lately it has become ridiculous. She lies about health, bills, her marriage, friends, just anything and everything for no reason. Also, she tends to forget she told things, so we end up repeating conversations over and over. She seem very angry and moody just in general as well. She is 55yrs old, is this old enough for it to even be a concern? And if so, how should we proceed?

Link to w.h.o. Alzheimers/dementia page: what do the countries in red have in common?
worldlifeexpectancy.com cause of death alzheimers dementia by country

Alzheimers worry, anxiety?
Hi I am 27 and suffer from health anxiety. Along with other things I am getting very paranoid about the fact I either go to say something, get distracted then forget what I am going to say. Or just generally forget what I have just been thinking about. Sometimes It doesn't come back to me. I have been anxious about any illness and lately alzheimers. Is this a typical symptom. Or just stress or nothing. My doctor keeps telling me I am fine but I still think something bad is going on. And like today at work I put figures in wrong place or wrong figures down. Please help, I feel like finishing it all. Last of all this morning I picked up a knife instead of a cloth when I went to do something.