Tests and pathways leading to the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

There are 7 stages in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) development, and we cannot realise it until stage 3–4 that there is a posibility of something wrong. In stage two there are only few incidents and usually they are identified as ‘’senior moments’. In stage two there is a very mild cognitive decline, but it is still not observable by the subjects or family or friends. Stage 3 has a mild cognitive decline, and the person may start to have difficulties remembering names or finding/using words (especially ‘fancy’ words, as the vocabulary tends to get much simpler). In this stage you realise that something is wrong, but you brush it off, and try to minimasing, blaming age. Stage 4 is a full blown Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and according to doctors, you may have on average 12 years left to live once you reach this stage. Which may or may be not true. Up to stage 4, you may still have a chance to delay it significantly or even recover. Just for your curiosity, in stage 5 you start to be confused, have problem with dressing and remembering informations about yourself and short term memory will not work optimally. In stage 6 you may be unaware of your surroundings, do not know where you are, do not remember much about yourself, start to wander around and have toileting accidents. Stage 7 is the terminal one, when you forget how to eat, speak and most of the other basic functions.

But, there is a way to deal with this from stage 2, and this is by using the knowledge already accumulated and test yourself…