Diagnosing Alzheimer's: The Problem With Medicine

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Monday, March 31, 2008
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In my last Alzheimer's blog we asked, "Why is it that sometimes health professionals disagree about the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in a specific patient?" For example, today in our group meeting (Where a group of us review the patients that we have seen during the week), we di...

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Sue
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 at 10:58 PM

Thanks Doctor for your post. I really believe that these kinds of things happen alot. One might call it a misdiagnosis. But maybe considering all the elements at that momemt, it was the correct one.

One point might be, that caregivers or family and friends, shouldstay on top of behaviors that don't seem right for the loved one and seek another opinion as needed.

If you are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia, you might want to read more about the basics of the disease.

All the best, sue (moderator)