“How do people actually die from Alzheimer?”
In: Biology
Many people think of Alzheimer’s as just being forgetful. But it’s moreso an inability for the brain to process information. They become unable to understand body cues like hunger, thirst, pain. They become unable to carry out motor skills like walking or chewing and swallowing. They also often become combative and resistant to the people trying to care for them.
So what actually kills them?
Dehydration or malnutrition from not feeling hunger and thirst, not understanding what food and drink are, and not being able to swallow safely
Aspiration pneumonia from being unable to swallow safely
Infected pressure sores from being unable to move themselves and either being neglected by caregivers or being combative with their caregivers
Falls from being unable to safely walk
Unmanaged other diseases because they forget or refuse their medications, specialty diets, etc
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