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Alzheimer's Disease

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Symptoms of Huntington's Disease?
*CHOREA
*POOR COGNITION
*DEPRESSION
Quick jerky movement of limbs, trunk and face; gait is often mistaken for drunkenness; lack of coordination; walking, speaking and swallowing degenerates?
CHOREA
What is the cause of death from Huntington's Disease?
DEATH IS USUALLY DUE TO ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA OR HEAT DISEASE
Huntington's Disease?
DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISORDER OF BASAL GANGLIA AND CEREBRAL CORTEX
When is Alzheimer's Disease officially confirmed?
AT AUTOPSY BY BRAIN EVALUATION
Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease?
*MEMORY LOSS
*DIFFICULTY PERFORMING FAMILIAR TASKS
*LANGUAGE PROBLEMS
*DISORIENTATION TO TIME/PLACE
*POOR OR DECREASED JUDGEMENT
*PROBLEMS WITH ABSTRACT THINKING
*MISPLACING THINGS
*CHANGE IN MOOD/BEHAVIOR
*CHANGE IN PERSONALITY
*LOSS OF INITIATIVE
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of what?
DEMENTIA
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