Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that manifests as cognitive impairment and behavioral disorders. Although there is currently no treatment to cure the disease, it is very important for early detection so you can start a palliative treatment to improve the quality of life of patients.

Often their own families and even the doctor did not pay much attention to early signs, thinking they are changes typical of aging. However, it should be noted that in an increasingly aging society, an increasing number of people suffering from this disease. The EA is the most common type of dementia and affects mostly people over 65 years, so we must always take into account any changes in behavior, however slight they may seem.

It is important to know the symptoms of the disease, because many times when talking about Alzheimer assign it to memory loss. But not alone, but encompasses more symptoms and, in the same way, have memory loss need not be indicative only of having Alzheimer.Por what is important to see the physician if you detect a change in family. The first symptoms of the disease are:

- The first symptom, and best known, of Alzheimer’s disease is memory loss. Family, friends and patients have given quickly realize that you forget where you put your things, quotations, what he said recently, I performed only one time before, etc…
- More imperceptible may notice a loss of the ability and willingness to do things.
- Change the skill he had to do a certain activity.
- Easily lose the sense of temporal and spatial orientation.
- You are not fluent in the language. Has difficulty expressing themselves.
- Lose the habit of keeping with basic duties, rules and customs of each day.
- Difficulty in abstract thinking, have some knowledge, understanding arithmetic questions, to describe something beyond form, color, structure, or proportion.
- Has difficulty handling objects and to make gestures.
Lack of interest, motivation and initiative, and difficulty focusing mentally on something.
- It becomes more restricted in dealing with people.
- Sudden changes and without patterns in your mood, tending to the mood.
- You lose the notion of self, leading to continuous changes of personality.