What are Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease

How can you tell if a person is suffering from Alzheimer's? What are the symptoms of early onset and late onset Alzheimer's?

• Whether a person has early onset or late onset Alzheimer's, this form of dementia is characterized by the same symptoms in early or late forms.
• Memory loss, disorientation, and confusion are just a couple of the symptoms of Alzheimer's; but these can also be simple, everyday forgetfulness that may come with the aging process. To determine if a person is suffering from Alzheimer's other symptoms that point to this problem have to be present as well.
• Alzheimer's progresses gradually and may include such symptoms as the steady fall of a person's ability to do routine and daily tasks that are simple and easy to do. The usually easy task of combing one's hair or brushing one's teeth becomes confusing or mind-boggling for someone with this problem.
• Other symptoms of Alzheimer's include a difficulty in learning, gradual loss of language skills as well as memory, difficulty in thinking and judging things logically and clearly, and mood or personality changes.
• Some people with Alzheimer's may become phobic or extremely fearful of the smallest things, suspicious of everyone around them, and even become completely dependent on others for the things that they used to do themselves.