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Alzheimers Disease - Coggle Diagram
Alzheimers Disease
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Nursing management
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Nursing Interventions
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Provide time for reminiscing if patient so desires to allow memory of past
pleasant events to allow patient to relive those good memories.
Avoid emotionally charged situations or conversations to calm the patient and
prevent stress and sudden change of emotions
Risk factors
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Chronic conditions like diabetes, stroke and other heart diseases.
Definition
A disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. It is progressive and irreversible.
Pathophysiology
The beta amyloid deposition and neurofibrillary tangles lead to loss of synapses and neurons.
That result in gross atrophy of the affected areas of the brain, typically starting at the mesial temporal lobe.