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On World Alzheimer’s Day 2021, here’s all you need to know about the significance and early signs of the disease.
Updated : Sep 21, 2021, 09:41 AM IST | Edited by : Vaishnawi Sinha
Alzheimer’s disease can be one of the most brutal and heartbreaking diseases to experience for an individual and their loved ones. To raise awareness about the downfalls of the disease and motivate those who suffer from it, World Alzheimer’s Day is celebrated every year across the globe.
World Alzheimer’s Day 2021 is celebrated across the globe on September 21 every year. It is celebrated to commemorate and raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, which are degenerative brain diseases that destroy the memory and other brain functions of a person.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes acute memory loss in patients as the brain shrinks in size and brain cells start to degenerate. If the disease keeps escalating, it eventually leads to dementia and loss of major brain functions.
World Alzheimer’s Day 2021 is being observed across the world today, September 21. A German psychiatrist by the name of Alois Alzheimer first diagnosed the disease in 1901 in a 50-year-old woman, and thus, the degenerative disease got named after him.
World Alzheimer’s Day is significant to a lot of people across the world. As per reports, there are a total of over 24 million patients who suffer from this disease. Over 10 lakh cases of Alzheimer’s disease are reported in India every year, making it pretty common.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most frequent cause of dementia in the older population. This day is observed across the world to make people aware of the disease and how it can affect the daily life of a human being. The theme of World Alzheimer’s Day 2021 is “Know Dementia, Know Alzheimer’s.”
Here are some of the major symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in individuals-