Late stages of Alzheimer' s disease occurs in people 65 years of age and over , and affects five million people. By age 71 16% of women are afflicted with the disease and 11% of males develop the disease (RN.org,2017). By the age of 80 at least 50% of people are diagnosed . Factors that expedite the diseases development include (1) life style , (2) genes , and (3) education . The term expedite are used because , since the disease is a heritable one we must keep in mind that the above mentioned factors are merely environmental factors that contribute to the diseases development and must include nutrition as a co factor ; as well as environmental stressors . As has been discussed in previous works related to onset and chronic illness development such as diabetis which is also heritable stress levels plays a vital role in its development as noted in the epidemiological twin study performed by L Cruz entitled Diabetis Vs Obesity : A Twin Epidemiological Study 2015 ; stress played a significant role in the disease development and from all co morbid diseases evaluated stress were responsible for the development of a specific type of diabetis (Uncontrolled Type ) . So what characteristics does Alzheimer's disease poses that can significantly identify cases prior to the 20 year developmental stage ? well this is the stage prior to the late stage; and usually accounts for populations at risk that are between 40 and 60 years of age . The best stage to provide persons at risk for the disease development because of genetic factors are the prodromal stage which is usually from the age of 30 to 40 ; if the person at risk consumes specific nutrients between this 10 year age timeline they can lower or offset the diseases development by up to 50 % as seen in the randomized control trial performed by the same author . This is important as the data demonstrates that a growth in Alzheimer's cases of over 44% is expected by the year 2025 (Florida Department of Health ,2017) and currently the same state has over half a million cases . The financial burdon on family and in health system care is currently over 2,336 billion dollars and that number is expected to grow to over one trillion dollars . But the most insidious characteristic of this disease remain the manner in which it has the ability to affect surrounding lives ; the way in which it does this is through care provider exhaustion and depression ; this is insidious because it produces other diseases .
References
RN.org (2017)Alzheimer' s Disease . Retrieved from http://www.RN,org
Alz.org (2017) Alzheimer's Disease .Retrived from http://www.alz.org
Cruz, L (2015) Diabetis Vs Obesity : A Twin Epidemiological Study
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