A 19-year-old man in china has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, making him the youngest person to develop the condition, the South china Morning Post reported. According to researchers at the Xuanwu Hospital of Beijing's capital Medical university, the memory of the young man with Alzheimer's had declined significantly over two years. He doesn't remember what happened recently or where he put his belongings. Researchers from the Xuanwu Hospital of capital Medical university in beijing reported this shocking information. The young man had symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, including memory loss and hippocampus shrinkage, which are considered precursors to Alzheimer's disease. Due to ill health, he had to leave high school early. The researchers' study was published on january 31, 2023, in the journal Alzheimer's Disease.
This study is proposed to focus on early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Exploring the mysteries of young people with Alzheimer's disease will play an important role in finding answers to the most challenging scientific questions in the future, the authors said in a statement related to their clinical study. This is the youngest case meeting diagnostic criteria for probable Alzheimer's disease without recognized genetic mutations, the authors added. They assessed the youth's performance on a commonly used auditory verbal learning test, which measures immediate memory, short-term non-delay recall, long-delay non-recall, and long-delay recognition. Astronomers said this was unusual.
What is Alzheimer's disease and how to care for sufferers? The question arises for everyone from time to time. It usually affects older people more. No one can say for sure what causes Alzheimer's disease to develop in old age. There are billions of nerve cells in the human brain. It is because they communicate with each other that we can speak, see and walk.
Even if one of the nerve cell connections is broken, our actions will change or stop functioning. That's what Alzheimer's disease is. Certain chemicals are necessary to carry signals to our brain and to transmit the brain's commands throughout the body. people with Alzheimer's disease may not have enough of these chemicals.
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