Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Disease Summary

Overview

Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease are terms that are usually interchanged. In the Introduction section, this will be clarified.

There are millions of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease regionally and worldwide. Details on the number of individuals affected are in the Epidemiology section.

There are many causes of Alzheimer’s disease. The Etiology section enumerated these causes. The complex and multifactorial pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease is discussed in the Pathophysiology section.

The modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease are enumerated in the Risk Factors section, while the different types of Alzheimer’s disease are discussed in the Classification section.