Do you know your date of birth? The name of the President or Prime Minister? These are questions that are regularly used to evaluate the loss of memory - the first sign of Alzheimer's disease.
Although the memory leak in all cases of Alzheimer's disease can be difficult to detect early since many patients manage to hide it well during testing as a matter of pride.
They are the things we've done the past, as in the last hours, days or even weeks, which are the first memories that are lost in Alzheimer patients.
However, although those things placed on our short-term memory are the first to go is only much later as a priority Alzheimer's disease has become much more serious is the past or more short-term memory are affected.
This makes the degree or the memory leak in a very useful tool for evaluating the presence and extent of the disease or the patient is cooperation and requested in a fun manner the results can be very revealing.
The following ten questions are part of a common test also encompass both short-term and long-term memory and test orientation.
How old are you?
What is your date of birth?
What day is today?
In what month are we?
What year is it?
When was the first world war?
Is the name of the President / Prime Minister?
Where are you now?
Can you please a countdown to 20 to 1?
Tell them that a direction, then we ask that you repeat you again you after five minutes.
Although the test is deceptively easy is also very useful, because it is fast, cheap, not evasive and helps you diagnose disease Alzheimer's or dementia, and give an indication of the areas in the patient who may be affected.
Care always must be taken as a low score on its own does not test the dementia or Alzheimer's disease since not all people will know the answers to the questions!
Instead it is a guide or an indication that something wrong and requires further research.
