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How Does Someone Get Alzheimer 's Disease?

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How Does Someone Get Alzheimer 's Disease? By Dick Harkes | Submitted On August 17, 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest What is Alzheimer 's Disease Through Alzheimer 's Disease healthy neurons are destroyed in the brain. This is caused by so-called neuritic plaques (or senile plaques) and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. These can be found in the brain tissue in autopsy. Neuritic plaques consist of worsening neuronal material surrounding deposits of a sticky protein called beta-amyloid. These abnormalities particles tend to settle in the memory (the brain areas that control the ability to learn a new fact and remember it 30 minutes, or a day later). This disease can 't be stopped and there is no treatment available or natural way to any kind of reversing of the process. In fact it progresses in time. How Does Someone Get Alzheimer 's Disease? Heredity There are known cases of heredity. These concern about 5 percent of all Alzheimer 's suffering people. Most of these cases are characterized by at least half of the family members developing Alzheimer 's at a certain age. Providentially this occurs in very few number of families. Sporadic All of the other Alzheimer

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