3 Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease
Early Stage
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- Ask questions repetitively
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- Confusion with direction and orientation
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- Hesitation, difficulty in making decisions
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- Mood swings, depression and feeling increasingly anxious
Middle Stage
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- More significant memory problems
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- Difficulty performing basic daily activities
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- Wandering
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- Dramatic change in behavior, such as from a calm person to a hot-tempered person
Late Stage
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- Lose the ability to respond to environment
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- Decline in physical abilities
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- Significant and widespread brain damage
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- Needs full-time care and support
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- Severe loss in appetite
Possible Risk Factors of Alzheimer’s Disease
Air pollution such as PM2.5
Hearing loss
Smoking
Lack of physical exercise
Diabetes
Depression
High blood pressure
Overweight
Heavy drinking
Alzheimer’s prevention
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- Brain training by playing games that require thinking skill and memory recall
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- Avoid stress
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- Regular exercise
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- Drinks enough water, 6-8 glasses per day
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- Consume nutritious foods such as colorful vegetables and berries, nuts, dried beans, meat, fish, rice/whole grains, etc.
