Diagnosis of Probable Alzheimer’s Disease
by John Trevey
Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, degenerative disorder that causes dementia, currently can only be accurately diagnosed through close examination of the brain after death. While researchers are working toward the development of a 100 accurate means of diagnosing the disorder, they can currently diagnose probable Alzheimer’s disease with a high accuracy rate through a series of evaluations and tests. Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease is important to help a patient’s family plan for future care and to give the patient the opportunity to begin medications that are only effective in the early stages of the disease. Suffering from dementia does not necessarily mean that a person has Alzheimer’s disease, making it imperative for doctors to first rule out another possibly curable cause for the dementia. Below are some of the evaluations doctors may use to rule out other disorders and to diagnose probable Alzheimer’s disease:
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