How Alzheimer’s Disease Affects the Brain
Particular aging diseases cause the disease Alzheimer. Down syndrome for instance, is one of the leading causes of Alzheimer disease. The illness may develop early, which the symptoms include hair loss, hunchback, etc. As the disease progresses Alzheimer slips in to continue degenerating, the brain tissues.
How Alzheimer destroys the brain:
Alzheimer disease starts out with mild symptoms. The disease targets the intellectual functions, causing the patient to forget recent events. Alzheimer targets the neuron structure, such as nerve cells, dendrites, axon, nerve impulses, and so forth. As the brain starts to deteriorate, senile tangling causes confusion, which increases memory loss.
At the progressive stage of Alzheimer, plague builds in the brain. The build up causes the brain to decrease atomic layers of neurofibrillary. This moves to the degenerative stage, i.e. at an increasing level. The disease will then destroy cell bodies, dendrites and axon, which surround the nerve cells. The disease continues to destroy the brain, which finally the illness reaches the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the spinal cord. Now we have a problem, since the four lobes that rest in the brain are affected.
At the front of the brain, the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe and the occipital lobe rest. The frontal and temporal lobes are targeted, since the frontal lobe is where the intellectual functions reside. Personality and motor speech is also at the frontal lobe. The frontal and temporal lobe store recent memories. The purpose of the temporal lobe is to provide us sensations.
Before Alzheimer reaches the central nervous system, it affects dendrites. The neurons make up the anatomy of nerve cells, which is the underlying structure of the Central Nervous System. (CNS)
CNS relies on dendrites to transmit nerve impulses from nerve cells and cell bodies. The messages reach the nerve endings and the brain. Amidst dendrites are synapse, which dual nerve cells tip the cells and nerve fibers. If the cells touch, messages are sent to the muscles, glands, organs, etc. Neurotransmitters (Nerve Impulses) are affected at this time, which also causes an interruption of endorphins, serotonin, acetylcholine, dopamine, gamma-aminobutyric acids, and norepineprhine. At this point, the brain does not receive messages from the bodies of cells and nerve impulses. Once serotonin is deficient, it slows the intellectual functions.
The cause of Parkinson’s disease is related to deficiencies of acetylcholine and dopamine, which you can now see how the disease can cause the development of Alzheimer’s disease as well.
The central nervous system is essential. In addition, a healthy spinal cord or column is vital to promote good health. The brain separates into two halves and relies on lobes to promote personality, speech, sensations, etc. If the lobes are challenged, we see that Alzheimer can cause the personality to change, slurring of words, voice change, and so on. Alzheimer strikes out at all the vital functions of the human body and mind, which the disease slowly deteriorates the intellectual functions, cognitive functions, speech, etc.
Can a patient recover from Alzheimer disease?
Not if the patient did not notice, early warning signs and sought medical help immediately. Once the disease develops, it slowly kills the brain. The disease slowly wears down dendrites, brain cells, etc, until finally the muscles are weak. At this stage, the person looses feeling, which pain is obsolete. The sensations, intellectual functions, cognitive functions, etc, are damaged to the point, there is no cure.
How do families cope with Alzheimer’s disease?
It depends on the family. Some families will keep the patient at home, taking care of them. Other families find the disease overwhelming stressing, thus the may allow medical experts to take care of the loved one.
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