The Alzheimer’s Association stresses the importance of seeing a doctor when someone develops Alzheimer’s symptoms.
This is the most common cause of death among Alzhiemer's patients, since it can result in the inhalation of food or liquids to the lungs, which in turn can lead to pneumonia, since it more difficult to fight off bacterial infections. Early symptoms include memory loss and lapses in judgment, but at a later stage these can progress to problems with a wider range of functions too, such as balance, breathing and digestion.Īccording to AgingCare, neurological damage and muscle weakness can lead to patients finding it difficult to manage even simple movements such as swallowing food without assistance.
While heart disease, cancer and Covid-19 claimed by far the highest numbers of lives in 2021 (which was the latest available data), Alzheimer’s disease ranked in a high seventh place with 119,399 deaths that year, equating to 31 people per 100,000 population.Īlzheimer’s is a degenerative and incurable brain disease that predominantly affects older people.
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
