1. ALZHÉIMER
By:
Álvaro Molina Rodríguez
&
Alejandro Liébana Ortega

2. WHAT DOES
ALZHÉIMER IS ?
It’s a neurodegenerative disease.
It’s characterized by a
progressive loss of memory and
other mental abilities, as neurons
die and different areas of the
brain atrophy.
It’s incurable and terminal.
It usually takes about ten years
after diagnosis.
It appears frequently in people
over 65 years.

3. CONSECUENCES
Mental confusion.
Irritability and agression.
Mood changes.
Loss os long-term memory.
Predisposition to be isolated.

4. YOU ALSO
SHOULD KNOW …
The general average is 7 years.
Less than 3% of patients live more than
14 year after diagnosis.
In 1901 the German psychiatrist Alois
Alzheimer identified the first
Alzheimer’s disease in a fifty years’
woman.
The researcher followed up his patient
until her death in 1906 when he reported
the case publicly.

5. International
Alzheimer’s
Day
It´s celebrated on
September 21, a date
chosen by the WHO
(World Health
Organization) and the
International
Federation of
Alzheimer.

6. BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfermedad_de_Alz
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/especiales/
http://www.infodoctor.org/infodoc/alzheimer/ce

7. THE
END
Thanks ! :)