Imagine waking up one day and completely forgetting where you are and how you got there. This forgetfulness could be a sign of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, causes slowly progressive brain problems. “Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases.” (Alzheimer's disease and dementia) Alzheimer's disease affects certain brain tasks such as memory, decision-making and daily body functions. It primarily affects adults over the age of sixty and ultimately destroys a person's ability to concentrate, function, and care for themselves. "Although not all memory loss indicates Alzheimer's disease, one in ten people over the age of 65 and more than half of those over the age of 85 have Alzheimer's disease." (Alzheimer's disease)In 1906, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physicist, discovered Alzheimer's disease following the death of one of his patients. The patient suffered from a mental illness but no one knew exactly what it was. She had signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, as we know it today. (Who discovered) Signs and symptoms develop slowly and then gradually get worse. They progress from a mild state to a very severe decline in brain function and structure. There are eight specific signs of Alzheimer's disease: Memory loss is the most common sign. This is especially evident when a person forgets recently learned information, such as a simple instruction or is not able to remember a person's name after simply meeting them. Misplacing things, such as placing items in strange places, is also a sign of forgetfulness of the disease. An example would be putting the keys in the blender or not being able to go back through the steps to find what they recently lost. This sign is more visible in a normally treated and organic disease...... middle of paper ......agic. I hope that researchers' recent discovery of peanut butter diagnostics will work effectively so that patients can treat their early stage Alzheimer's disease before it gets progressively worse. It devastates me to think about how a person's life can change at any point in their life. A fully functioning person might wake up one morning and completely forget where they are and who they are. A patient might be diagnosed with mild Alzheimer's disease, and then at their next appointment they might be diagnosed with severe Alzheimer's decline. Alzheimer's disease is a sneaky disease because we don't know when the disease may react on the body or when the signs and symptoms will worsen. In conclusion, the life lesson I learned from this research is to never take anything for granted because anything can happen at any time..