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AD on one side or other (was Re: questions)
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| Songbird 2005-01-27, 8:28 am |
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<Mary_Gordon@tvo.org> wrote in message
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>I found this interesting informal guide for law enforcement officers
> dealing with people with Alzheimer's. You will note under the first
> bullet it talks about loss of peripheral vision.
> http://www.zarcrom.com/users/alzheimers/cm02a.html
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This was quite interesting but I got confused about one part -- it talks
about two kinds of AD patients, depending on which side of the brain is
affected??? First I've heard of this -- and my mom is backward from this
explanation. Her left side of the brain is much more affected and is very
docile and timid.
Songbird
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| Anthony Shipley 2005-01-27, 8:28 am |
| "Songbird" <song2871@yahoo.com> [WA] wrote:
>This was quite interesting but I got confused about one part -- it talks
>about two kinds of AD patients, depending on which side of the brain is
>affected??? First I've heard of this -- and my mom is backward from this
>explanation. Her left side of the brain is much more affected and is very
>docile and timid.
How do you know which side of her brain is more affected?
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| Anthony Shipley 2005-01-27, 8:28 am |
| Anthony Shipley <astech@iinet.net.au> [WA] wrote:
>How do you know which side of her brain is more affected?
In case that sounds argumentative, I asked it as an honest question. That is, by
what means was it determined which side was affected.
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| Songbird 2005-01-27, 8:28 am |
| No, I knew what you meant. Technically, Mom has vascular dementia rather
than AD (tho she may have AD as well -- hard to tell). Brain scan shows
large portions of her brain not getting sufficient blood, esp. on left side.
Her carotid arteries are clear, but that means the blockages are too deeply
embedded to be cleared surgically.
Songbird
"Anthony Shipley" <astech@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Anthony Shipley <astech@iinet.net.au> [WA] wrote:
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> In case that sounds argumentative, I asked it as an honest question. That
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> what means was it determined which side was affected.
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| Mary_Gordon@tvo.org 2005-01-27, 8:28 am |
| I don't think the guy who wrote the guide is any kind of medical
expert. The value is really in his behavioural observations and advice
- which for the most part is pretty smart, especially since cops with
no experience dealing with AD probably do need his helpful tips
(dealing with someone with AD certainly was a "learn" at our house).
He has made that some people with dementia are easily agitated, and
some are very docile and that is true... and we all know from loved
ones, sometimes that is behaviour seen in a single person at different
times, or at different stages of the disease.
I think the thing about the damage to one side or the other is just his
own theory, but wouldn't hold up to any research. When you start
reading about the results of brain scans on people with AD, the damage
is never one sided - its global, unless you are talking about a
different dementia such as a frontal lobe disease like Pick's.
Mary G.
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