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Q. What are the Signs & Symptoms of Alzheimer's

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Updated: May 25, 2006

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A. Signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease include:
  • Loss of memory, especially memory of recent events.

  • Loss of language skills; these include an inability to remember a noun or name, apparent ‘nonsense’ speech, repeating the last sound or word said by someone else.

  • Loss of memory.

  • An inability to recognise people and things. Loss of spatial skills, in other words the loss of a sense of space - this affects many everyday tasks such as dressing, sitting down, setting a table etc.
  • Difficulty performing familiar tasks.

  • Loss of initiative, being uninterested and unable to involve yourself with activities that were previously important or regular features of your life.
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