Alzeimer (AD) is one of the most fatal disease in America. It strikes More than 4 millions of personne. Unfortunately, it also attacks a lot of loved one. And these loved ones are our parents, husband, wifes, Brother or sisters. And we have to take care of them. But how can we deal with a personne who cant remember our name even though he raised us? Before I answer that question, I will talk about how AD Stikes us. Alzeheimer is characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.
The nerofibryllary tangles are fibers twisted in the neurons, nd by so, killing them. Usually AD is contracted by genetics factors finded on some chromosomes. But it may been caused by injuries, strokes, exposure to toxic substances, ethnicity, and bacterial infe- ction. The plaques, formed in the brain areas affetcts the memory of the patient. They are loated outside and around neurons as dense de- posits of an amyloid protein. According to researchers, amloid is a cause of Alzheimer. Even thougt there is no cure for AD, it exist a number of treat- Ment.
If you suspect a patient of AD, ask him an attention question, like, why people who lives in glasses houses shouldnt throw rocks. If he fails to answer, he might have Alzheimer disease and should be refered to a treatment.. There is 3 stages in AD. Mild: the patient might have trouble finding his words r forget familiar names. Moderate: he will be desoriented, paranoid and/or desoriented. He will also become urine-incontinent. And finally late: he will be innable to speak intelligibly, swallowing problems, and have some fecal incontinence.
Now, lets return to our initial question, how to deal with personne Suffering from AD. People suffering from Alzheimer needs a lot of support. They frequentely loose appetites because they forget to eat The food doesnt look appetazing. We should always give to patient suffering from AD finger food and surve theme one bye one. We should also distract them with simple amusements but not for more then 30 minutes. They might feel that there steel a mother of 28 years old and think that there kids will come back from school at three.
They will want to leave to there houses to prepeare there arrival. Even thougt there ar 82 years old. You must then walk with her and aknowledge that small child should not wander around in the street alone. Encourage her of talking about her kids and reminder her of her age and her kids might be old enough to make themself there own afternoon snacks. I found that the article was the best source i ever had. It had a complete explanation of AD and showed me a side of it i didnt knew. Now i really know how to deal with a personne suffering from AD in a hospital.
They also gaved me situation and how to deal with theme for exemple, if the patient doesnt want to go bathing if he has some eatting difficulties or suffer incotinence who is, everybody know, one of the most embarrassing problems. I also really enjoyed readding it because Alzheimer is a disease that really intrigued me for years. It was never really clear in my mind how do we contracted it. I worked with a lot of people who sufferd from terrible rampage but I never could have understod there attitude nor the way they reacted. I really felt a lot of paine for them.
That article would be perfect for a first year student in nursing. It gives you tips of how to deal with situations involving AD infected patients without shocked him and how to be really comprehensive. Like I was saying in my introduction, I had my hands full in the Library but I never regreted chosing that topic for my essay. As a nurse, most of my patient might have AD. I wanted to Be prepared fore my beginning days and i feel that i will be. AD is a terrible disease and people suffering from it deserve a lot of help. I wish I will be there for them.
