Roxy-Elizabeth x

My boyfriends dad has alzhimeres he is only 52 and has had it for about 10 years now. i didnt know much about alzhiemers disease but now i know how seriously crawl the disease is. im helpin my boyfriend thru it and keepin strong for him and also for the rest of his family.

He dad has got Alzheimer because it has been past down from his mom side through generation. However it is making me wonder if my boyfriend could suffer with this illness, because it is upsetting me as i love him to so much and i know i wanna be with him for the rest of my life. im only like 18 an he is like 19, but i just duno if i could cope with the illness its so horrible.

so do you think he does have a chance, he is one of seven in the family, there a lovely old fashioned family and i love them to bits.
Thanks x

Hopeless Dork

They are making huge strides in alzheimer research, defining the causes and delaying the mental decay that takes place with the disease. I'd dig around on that a little more and see what you can find. Many diseases are hereditery, but even those tend to have preventive things one in a high risk category can do to in order to reduce the chances of developing it.

Its a terrifying disease, I understand your concern. The thought of a loved one getting to the point that they forget who you are - I can only imagine the pain that brings and to watch them lose themselves.

Your boyfriend is young and likely very healthy. Do some research on the strides they are making in discovering the causes of the disease and assist him in making sure he is living the kind of lifestyle that will keep him on the safest side of the street possible.

You are doing great to support him while he is going through this with his family. Don't let fear of what may or may not happen, to anyone at anytime deter you from the happiness of the here and the now. We are only granted each moment as it occurs, to waste them, those moments, worrying over the next is just losing precious time.

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Roxy-Elizabeth x

Thank you, i will continue to research some more about it. it really hurts me how some people haven't got a clue what the disease is and how serious it is. Hopefully in years to come we will have cures for the disease.

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ItsASecret

I personally have a strong connection to the disease because this is the field of research that I am actually pursuing once I am done with my Bachelors degree. The heredity may play a role but researchers really have no idea what causes it or what can trigger it all of a sudden. No signs will show up until about the late 50's in most of the earliest of cases, and can progress to higher grades of deterioration over time...sometimes over a span of 30 years. Sometimes even then it can happen slowly or very quickly, its very unpredictable which makes the illness even more scary. Everyone has the potential to get the disease just like many other ailments however it is best not to dwell on the bad but focus on the good. By the time your boyfriend may or may not show signs of the disease the advances in research will be grand, so just keep that thought.

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WildChild

There could really be several things that being called Alzheimers (or several causes for the results) in men one factor can be low testosterone. I don't know that it is certain that it is carried in families and there is some very promising research going on. I wouldn't worry too much about it.