Memories are treasures for oneself. Walking down the memory lane, recalling all the good and bad is mesmerizing. But imagine one fine day, you cannot recall what was it like in the past. You cannot recognize your innate mates and are unable to decipher your daily routine. Sounds horrific? Well, a lot many go through this, you could save your loved ones if you keep a check on the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s-

1.     Memory loss that disrupts daily life-

The common sign is when people keep forgetting the recently learned information. When somebody keeps asking for the same information again and again.

2.     Face challenges in planning and solving a problem-

People may have issues to follow their daily routine. They find it difficult to concentrate on things

3.     Difficult to complete familiar tasks-

People with Alzheimer does often forget familiar routes or rules of their favourite game.

4.     People find it difficult to understand visual and special relationship- 

Some may find it difficult to read, estimate the distance etc.

5.     They may have difficulty to write or speak-

Often it is seen that people go vague while speaking. They forget what they were saying and sometimes keep repeating themselves.   

6.     Their judgment weakens- 

People experience major changes in judgment or decision making. They fail to estimate their savings and may have poor judgments in lending money.

7.     Losing and misplacing things-

A person with Alzheimer`s disease may put things at unusual places and forget it. This may occur more frequently over time.

8.     Perplexity with time and place- 

They may have severe problems while understanding time and place, like dates seasons, day and night. They forget how they got to a place.

Recently researchers found that deleting just one enzyme can see near total reversal of the deposition of amyloid plaques found in brains of those with Alzheimer`s, improving cognitive functions in the mouse subjects. This is according to the study from researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, published Feb. 14 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

According to media reports- “Researchers urge caution with the results as many Alzheimer’s discoveries seem to hold true in mice, then fail in people.

Cleveland Clinic researcher Riqiang Yan, Ph.D., an author on the study, told ABC News that in the mouse model, the gene that produces the enzyme was deleted, completely stopping the enzyme`s production. But in humans, it’s unlikely that BACE1 inhibitors would totally halt the enzyme`s production, Yan said.”

People with Alzheimer’s or any other disease for that matter needs all the love and attention. People going through mental diseases don’t even realize that they are suffering from something. It is their close ones who can see and realize that something is not right and that is the when they need to be strong, pragmatic and ready to accept the change.