Treatment

We have known that Mum would never be the same nice and cheerful self again. There is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Despite that, we will not allow her condition to worsen. We, as her family, will always stand with her no matter what happens. We could not stop Alzheimer’s disease, but we can always reduce the risk of other family members against it and slow down the worsening of Mum’s condition.
Here are some things that slow down and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease:
- Following a Mediterranean diet, including food such as fruit and vegetables, bread wheat, may reduce the risk and course of Alzheimer’s.
- Curcumin in curry have shown some effectiveness in preventing brain damage in mouse models.
- Cardiovascular diseases do not help in slowing down Alzheimers, in fact, it speeds things up, however, through a long term use of a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, it is believed that it can reduce the likelihood of develping Alzheimer’s disease.
- Intellectual activities such as playing chess, completing cross word puzzles or regular social interaction may delay or reduce the severity of the disease.
- Through the use of a chemical called Cholinesterase inhibitors, the break down of acetylcholine, a chemical messenger important for learning and memory is prevented.
- Using a chemical called memantine, which works by regulating the activity of glutamate, a different messenger chemical involved in learning and memory, it delays worsening of symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Hopefully, though these methods, we are going to delay the worsening of Mum’s condition, it is inevitable that she will leave us eventually, but we will make the days before it the happiest days of her life.