Memory problems are the most prominent symptom of Alzheimer's disease. Even at the outset, a modest cognitive capacity decline can be observed. However, patients confuse that symptom with just dithering. Temporarily short-term memory loss might mean patients struggle to remember things that have recently happened. A sufferer will have been the person who brought up the subject of a conversation just a few minutes earlier and then forgot. It leads to the repeated asking of questions every few minutes. And then relatives may get angry with the diseased person, believing they are intentionally not paying attention and not listening. But, it could be the initial symptoms of advancing Alzheimer's disease.
People in the early stages of Alzheimer's have trouble remembering new information, but they remember events from the distant past quite well. As neurodegeneration advances, long-term memory deteriorates later. Another concern with memory is the patients who are always searching for something, forgetting where everyday items such as the keys to the flat are located. Patients have advanced memory problems in the later stage of the disease. Familiar activities gradually become more challenging. They report difficulties with recalling recent events and learning new information. Patients forget who their relatives are and where they live and might not even know their own names.
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