Can you die from alzheimers disease?
Alzheimer's patients may live years; however, they lose the ability to care for themselves and may die of things like pneumonia.
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Death by Alzheimer's disease, a progressive brain disorder, is usually caused by secondary infections. Do the ChaCha!
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About Alzheimers Disease
Alzheimers disease is the most common form of dementia. This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him.
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