Question

3 pts.) A patient who is 60 years old begins to have mild memory loss. Over the course of six months, the memory loss has gotten worse and problem solving, language, and social behav Alzheimer's disease is suspected. a) Why can't you make a definitive diagnosis at this point? also deteriorate. As a result, b) Alzheimer's disease is characterized by two structural abnormalities in the brain that are used for diagnosis What are they?

Answer 1

1) The definitive diagnosis for this is case is Alzheimers disease: it is an irreversile, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and disorders cognitive function. and here the age of the patient is 6o years which is the age for the alzheimers disease range and the signs and symptoms of the patient like memory loss has worseing and the problem sloving is decrreasing and problems with language and social behaviour detoraites and in this patient it is seen that it is sever stage. 2)Alzheimers disease is characertized by 2 structural abnormalities in the brain that are used for the diagnosis is amyloid plaques and nurofibrillary tangles are the structural hallmarks of alzeheimers disease and these are definitive diagnosis of alzheimers disease.