The discovery of the disease was the work of psychiatrists Emil Kraepelin and Alois Alzheimer in 1906.

For every thousand people a year usually appear 10 to 15 new cases of dementia overall and between 5 and 8 cases of Alzheimer’s disease.

The risk of disease is higher in women and particularly among the population over 85 years, old age is the main risk to suffer the disease.

The causes of the disease, but not fully discovered, it is known that acetylcholine deficiency, accumulation of amyloid and metabolic disorders are the main causes.

This disease is characterized by loss of neurons and synapses in the cerebral cortex and subcortical elsewhere. This loss otrofia determined in the affected regions, degenerating temporal lobe and atrophy of the affected regions, degenerating temporal and parietal lobes and parts of the frontal cortex and cingulate gyrus.

The initial symptoms of the disease ranges from a negligible loss of memory loss known as the most serious short-term memory.

After going to a moderate stage, can still perform tasks independently, need more complex care.

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