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the cause of that disease

hello, i wanna know how is the alzeimer actually occurs.. i mean how does it happen..is it that the brain neurones begin to die? if so what causes that???

my grandma actually bear loads of painful experience, she lost most of her kids in tragic accidents, and i believe that it lead her being an alzeimer victim now that my mum has also lost her son, she suffers that lost everyday and i feel she've changed, she even started to react a bit like her mother, and that really worries me...
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Dementia is not a specific disease. It's an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases. Vascular dementia, which occurs after a stroke, is the second most common dementia type. But there are many other conditions that can cause symptoms of dementia, including some that are reversible, such as thyroid problems and vitamin deficiencies.

Dementia is often incorrectly referred to as "senility" or "senile dementia," which reflects the formerly widespread but incorrect belief that serious mental decline is a normal part of aging.
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