Old people diseases

Question 1

Dementia definition

Answer 1

set of symptoms that includes poor memory and difficulty learning

Question 2

Cause of dementia

Answer 2

Damage to brain cells

caused by diseases such as alzheimers

Question 3

Alzheimers definition

Answer 3

A neurodegenerative disease. AKA the degeneration or loss of neurons in the brain, especially in the cortex of the brain

Question 4

Cause of alzheimers

Answer 4

Plaques and Tangles in the brain

Question 5

Alzheimers patho

Answer 5

Build up of beta amyloid beta in the brain that is non soluble and is chemically sticky. These monomers bind together just outside neurons and disrupts signaling and also results in the release of inflammatory markers

Question 6

Associated sequale with alzheimers

Answer 6

Amyloid amglopathy. Brain hemorrhage because beta amyloid plaques congregate outside blood vessels.