症状について相談を

ご自分の行動が普段と違うと感じたときや、今まで簡単だった仕事や趣味、作業などに苦労するようになったときは、注意すべきであると言えます1,2。行動、学習、記憶の変化や、以前は自然に頭に浮かんだことがスムーズに出てこないといったことは、普通の老化とは違うことがあるのです1。

定期的な通院時には、体重や血圧と同じように、記憶、思考、日常生活について医師に話してください3。時々の体調や診断結果がどうであろうとも、健康に関する事項は、早くわかればわかるほど、なすべきことをより良く知ることができ、時期を逃さず決断することができます3。

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  3. Alzheimer's Association. Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. Available at http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_diagnosis.asp. Accessed August 8, 2016.
  4. National Institute of Health. National Institute on Aging. About Alzheimer's Disease: Symptoms. https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/topics/symptoms. Accessed August 8, 2016.
  5. National Institute of Health. National Institute on Aging. About Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Basics. Available at https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/topics/alzheimers-basics. Accessed August 8, 2016.
  6. National Institute of Health. National Institute on Aging. Alzheimer's Disease: Unraveling the Mystery. Available at https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publication/part-2-what-happens-brain-ad/changing-brain-ad#other-early-signs. Accessed August 8, 2016.
  7. Alzheimer's Association. What We Know Today About Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. Available at http://www.alz.org/research/science/alzheimers_research.asp. Accessed August 8, 2016.
  8. Alzheimer's Association. Stages of Alzheimer's. Available at http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_stages_of_alzheimers.asp. Accessed August 8, 2016.
  9. Johns Hopkins Medicine. Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Available at http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/nervous_system_disorders/early-onset_alzheimers_disease_134,63/.  Accessed August 8, 2016.
  10. Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer’s Myths. Available at http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_myths_about_alzheimers.asp. Accessed August 8, 2016.
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