TESSIE’STIDBITS:Who'safraidofAlzheimer's? MondaySep 30, 2019 at 12:01 AMHifolks!IreceivedthefollowingarticlefrommybuddyBobStewardofJeromesvilleandIthoughtitwasquiteinformative.Someofuswhoarestrugglingwithbeingolderthanwehaveeverbeen,thinkwemayhavethebeginningofmentalproblems,suchasmemoryretention.InthefollowinganalysistheFrenchProfessorBrunoDuboisDirectoroftheInstituteofMemoryandAlzheimer'sDisease(IMMA)atLaPitié-Salpêtrière-ParisHospitals/addressesthesubjectinaratherreassuringway:"Forsometimenow,IhavebeenstuckandIdonotknowwhatweweretalkingabout.Before,IwasafraiditwasthebeginningofAlzheimer's,buttoday,afterreadingthisarticle,Iamreassured.""Ifanyoneisawareofhismemoryproblems,hedoesnothaveAlzheimer's."1.Iforgetthenamesoffamilies...2.IdonotrememberwhereIputsomethings...Itoftenhappensinpeople60yearsandolderthattheycomplainthattheylackmemory."Theinformationisalwaysinthebrain,itisthe"processor"thatislacking."Thisis"Anosognosia"ortemporaryforgetfulness.Halfofpeople60andolderhavesomesymptomsthatareduetoageratherthandisease.Themostcommoncasesare:-forgettingthenameofaperson,-goingtoaroominthehouseandnotrememberingwhyweweregoingthere..-ablankmemoryforamovietitleoractor,anactress,-awasteoftimesearchingwhereweleftourglassesorkeys...After60yearsmostpeoplehavesuchadifficulty,whichindicatesthatitisnotadiseasebutratheracharacteristicduetothepassageofyears...Manypeopleareconcernedabouttheseoversightshencetheimportanceofthefollowingstatement:"Thosewhoareconsciousofbeingforgetfulhavenoseriousproblemofmemory.""ThosewhosufferfromamemoryillnessorAlzheimer's,arenotawareofwhatishappening."ProfessorBrunoDubois,DirectorofIMMA,reassuresthemajorityofpeopleconcernedabouttheiroversights:"Themorewecomplainaboutmemoryloss,thelesslikelywearetosufferfrommemorysickness."Nowforalittleneurologicaltest:Onlyuseyoureyes!1-FindtheCinthetablebelow!OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO