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Running head: ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS Alzheimer's and Memory Loss Student's Name Institutional Affiliation 1 ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS 2 Alzheimer's disease is defined as a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome mostly related to memory loss and cerebral decline (DeTure, & Dickson, 2019)

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Running head: ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS Alzheimer's and Memory Loss Student's Name Institutional Affiliation 1 ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS 2 Alzheimer's disease is defined as a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome mostly related to memory loss and cerebral decline (DeTure, & Dickson, 2019). Alzheimer's disease may also be defined as a progressive neurological disorder that causes the patient brain to reduce in size and eventually die. The research paper addresses the correlation between Alzheimer's disease and memory loss in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The paper examines how Alzheimer's disorder affects the brain's functioning and ascertains how patients with this disease suffer memory loss. Alzheimer disease is a common reason why many patients suffer dementia, a situation that is characterized by a progressive decline in a patient ability to remember past occurrences, thinking capacity, character development, and social abilities; this causes a considerable variance in the person ability to function self-reliantly especially in a situation requiring memory. The brain structure is composed of different parts, each with a different function. For instance, the hippocampus is essential in memory formation. Alzheimer's disorder damage is through shrinking of the brain tissues and degeneration of the brain cell, leading to a decline in memory ability and efficient mental operation; this leads to a condition known as dementia. Dementia is a collective word used to term various signs and symptoms that cause cognitive degeneration, leading to memory loss or forgiveness. Problem Identification and Background Research Alzheimer's disease is the primary cause of memory loss, and it accounts for approximately two-thirds of memory impairment in people above 65years of age (Kumar, & Tsao, 2018). The syndrome is characterized by memory loss through the impairment of episodic memory. The brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease has untreatable and few therapeutic alternatives. Therefore, it is essential to determine the precise diagnosis and be careful of any ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS 3 brain disorder condition that may affect caricaturist Alzheimer's condition by identifying itself with memory impairment. Memory involves the ability to recall or remember experienced events or learning content. Alzheimer's disease has its primary and early symptoms that feature in the loss of episodic memory; this entails the ability to recall past activities with specifics about how they happened. Episodic memory plays an essential role in the cognitive task that supports the capability to form an autobiographical insight, which aids us to make a concept of the past events. The resemblance of traumatic impairment of the brain cells that involve structures involved in episodic memory creation, which specifically involving the hippocampus, may suggest Alzheimer's disease. Identification of Alzheimer's disorder that has led to memory loss in Alzheimer's patients has been facilitated by clinical research and innovations. Methods such as the CSF and image analysis through the MRI have greatly facilitated identifying the disorder (Islam & Zhang, 2017). Moreover, the use of amyloid tracer to examine the default mode network in the hippocampus has contributed significantly to identifying the disease. These scientific innovations have helped offer an early diagnosis. With the application of these new diagnostic gauges, we can properly apply, hence being able to identify Alzheimer's disease prior to any memory impairment that the patient may experience. In the identification of memory loss in Alzheimer's patients, there is a need to be familiar with how the disorder affects the patient's memory. At first, the memory is affected by the inability of a patient not to generate new reminiscences of past events. Notably, it implies that the latest events lack to be recorded in the patient's memory remembrance, so the patient cannot recall later. ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS 4 Despite that, the patient takes a long to retrieve the information in his memory. It implies that although the patient may at times recall, the patient is slower to recall something and even at points may need a prompt to remember past occurrences. Alzheimer's disease may make the patient have altered memory types; this implies that the patient may often remember older memories than establish new memories. For instance, a patient memory about recent events may not be established, while the patient may recall detailed retentions from early happenings. Explanation of Alzheimer's Effect on the Brain and Memory The pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease causes memory loss in Alzheimer's patients. Progressively, the disease affects the brain by making the brain neurons fail to function and effectively communicate, leading to their eventual death (Kumar, & Tsao, 2018). Many molecular and cellular variations happen in the brain of a patient with Alzheimer's disease. The variations occur mostly in the neurofibrillary tangles because of irregular chemical variations. As a result, they make tau disengage from the microtubules and attach themselves to other tau making tangles that form in the neurons. Tangles slab neuron transmission and rely hence upon distorting communication between the neurons. The distortion in the brain cells and neurons leads to memory loss, a condition cost by Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease continues to affect the brain as it injures the neuron hence distorting communication through the brain. Further, the disease causes neurons to break down, and many parts of the brain shrink. This scenario is identified as brain atrophy that significantly reduces brain volume, hence losing memory to patients. According to Kumar and Tsao (2018). Brain atrophy is due to many factors that include vascular complications that reduce brain oxygen and blood flow to the brain, creating a barrier for the brain to access enough glucose, resulting in inflammation of the brain cells. ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS 5 Abnormal protein deposits from amyloid plaques cause neuron malfunctioning. The deposits and neuron malfunctioning lead to memory loss. A patient with this disorder develops progressively severe memory loss and loses the ability to conduct daily tasks. Alzheimer's patients perceive memory loss and confusion at the late stages of the disease development; this happens where the patient can no longer recall very familiar places or occurrences. Caregiving for these patients is difficult, as it requires much understanding of the patient and being patient with their state of confusion and memory loss. At the later stages of the disease, the patient may not even recall family members due to memory loss. Approaches to deal with Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Patients Various approaches can be applied to help deal with Alzheimer's patients; due to memory loss, the life story and reminiscence approach may be applied while dealing with Alzheimer's patients. The approach involves making a personal record of the patient's most essential life experiences, family, close relatives, and places in their lives. A care professional may draft the record and take the memories from photos and albums. The approach helps the patient rediscover their life experiences and look back to what they cannot remember. The approach is essential to maintain patient self-esteem, confidence in routine activities, and a sense of self-reliance. Building on self-reliance helps the patient promptly to conversation memory, thus enhancing person social esteem and interactions. The approach considers professional caretakers by allowing them to know their patients better. Some factors such as age and genetics are out of control in Alzheimer's disease (Kumar, & Tsao, 2018). However, the pillars towards a healthy brain style. I want to promote mental stimulation as an array to attack Alzheimer's disease. Mental stimulation involves the progressive learning of new occurrences and regular challenge of the brain through the lifestyle. The method ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS 6 aims at preventing the occurrence of memory loss in patients suffering Alzheimer's attacks. It also delays the progression of the disease. In mental stimulation, the activities involve multiple tasks for an individual, interaction, and setting aside a time schedule to stimulate the brain. Alzheimer's disease is generally understandable since we all understand and know the experience of physical and cerebral variations as we age. With age brain, output reduces significantly for patients with Alzheimer's conditions; this makes me feel that the disease is well understood. However, in the future, I would suggest a clinical procedure that is aimed at the inhibition of neuroinflammation. The clinical procedure would aim at the instigation of the brain cells. Moreover, it is appropriate to develop a clinical procedure that would reduce the effect of Alzheimer's disease on the brain cell and reduce the instance of memory loss. In conclusion, the precise cause of Alzheimer's disease is unknown. Recommendation of a healthy lifestyle that aims at preventing the condition is appropriate. Individuals should reduce exposure to risk factors that may cause cardiovascular disease and mental and social activities to reduce the prevalence rate. ALZHEIMER’S AND MEMORY LOSS 7 References DeTure, M. A., & Dickson, D. W. (2019). The neuropathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Molecular neurodegeneration, 14(1), 1-18. Kumar, A., & Tsao, J. W. (2018). Alzheimer disease. Islam, J., & Zhang, Y. (2017, November). A novel deep learning based multi-class classification method for Alzheimer's disease detection using brain MRI data. In International conference on brain informatics (pp. 213-222). Springer, Cham.