Alzheimers Disease

America's public crisis:                                                                                                        Content from Alzheimer's Association                                                                         

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              Alzheimer's   Disease

 Alzheimer's is a brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory,thinking and reasoning skills.Memory loss that disrupts daily life may be  a symptom of Alzheimer or another dementia                                                                                                       Many American are affected directly by this disease but they think it is because of aging or a matter of forgetting your keys,so most of them did not want to talk about the disease but the realities of Alzheimers and its  effects on our nation can not be overlooked any longer.                                                                                 There are 10 things you need to know about the disease                                      1- One of the most common sign is loss of memory thinking capacity of the brain will no more be functioning normally and this will occassionally be happening on a daily bases  and individual will become dependent on others for everything in daily life .For a long period of time ,that is the severe or late stage, that individual would loss the ability to eat or manage their own personal self.               2- In America,one in nine person over 65 year have Alzheimer and some have even died with this disease,so it really alway fatal.It develops every 66 seconds and it is estimated that 5.4 million of American have Alzheimer disease and approximately 200,000 under the ages 65years.                                                                      3-In America more than 28million members are developing this disease and most of this are millions of retired Americans.They end up  caring for some of them in a group home or Nursing home.                                                                                   4-As from 2000 to 2013 the death rate has  increased to 71% more than other major diseases which includes, High blood,Cancer and HIV/AIDs                                     5-Alzheimer's is among the  10 top causes of death in the USA,that cannot be prevented,cured or even slowed down.                                                                                     6-A family caregiver spend more than $5,000  a year of money  from their pocket caring for their family members.lt is America's most expensive disease and in a year it causes the country $236billions,because there are about 15 millions who are care for this patients.                                                                                     7-In America taxpayets spent more than $15,000to care for indivdual with Alzheimer's diseases and other dementias in  and within an hour, the cost aroses to $18.3 million                                                                                                                      8-Most of the patient who have Alzhiemer have some chronic confitions like diabete,so it becomes a multiple disease hence more expensive to treat.So with this  it costs Medicare 81% more than a patient with a single disease This is acc9-Alzheimer's is the only one disease which the National Instituties of Health must send and submit budget to the president and congress.                                                               

10-However by 2025 researchers and scientists needs at least $2 billion a year for the development of preventing and treatment of the disease .That is currently funding is under $1billion a year,while $400 million increases in NIH a year.

         To conclused, it is better to know the facts,so that any one with a brain is at a risk to developed Alzheimer's.

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