Switch to हिंदी

Health, Fitness, Beauty & Diet | Sexual Health, Pregnancy & Parenting | Diseases & Home Remedies | TheHealthSite.com

Health, Fitness, Beauty & Diet | Sexual Health, Pregnancy & Parenting | Diseases & Home Remedies | TheHealthSite.com

हिंदी
  • Fitness
    • Weight loss
    • Yoga
    • Diet
    • Healthy recipes
    • Weight training
    • Body-Mind-Soul
  • Beauty
    • Home Remedies
    • Hair Care
    • Hair Loss
    • Skin Care
    • Anti-ageing
    • Make-up
  • Diabetes
  • Diseases
    • Natural Remedies
    • Alternative Medicine
    • Women’s Health
    • Stress
    • Symptoms A-Z
    • Health A-Z
    • Diseases A-Z
  • Love & Sex
    • Love and Relationships
    • Sex Guide
    • Sex Queries
    • Contraception
    • Sex Positions
    • STDs
  • Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy week-by-week
    • Pregnancy Guide
    • Infertility
    • Conceiving
    • Labour & Delivery
  • Parenting
    • Baby Care
    • Breastfeeding
    • Children’s Health
    • Children’s Nutrition
  • News
  • Galleries
    • Fitness
    • Beauty
    • Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Pregnancy
  • Videos
Home / Diseases & Conditions / Alzheimer’s disease: Know what it does to your brain

Alzheimer’s disease: Know what it does to your brain

Apart from cognitive damage, Alzheimer's disease can also physically change your brain. Read on to know more.

By: Paras Hemrajani   | | Updated: September 21, 2019 7:48 pm
Tags: Brain health  Cognitive decline  Neurodegenerative disease  
Alzheimer's - Alzheimer's progression - Understanding brain activity - type of brain activity called sharp-wave ripples (SWRs),
Microglia is a cell that first interprets the presence of Alzheimer's in the body. ©Shutterstock

According to the latest statistics presented by the World Health Organistaion, 50 million people globally suffer from some form of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease can disrupt the memory and thinking of an individual. It kills or impairs brain cells. The most common symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease are forgetfulness, language issues, inability to recognise people and difficulty with the concept of time. The biggest impact that Alzheimer’s disease has on the brain is the plaque like clusters that forms all over the brain. Made from a protein called beta-amyloid, these clusters or clumps are found inside the fatty membrane that covers the nerve cells. This plaque messes with the signals in the synapses (space between two nerve cells). It is still not clear whether these plaques are the cause of Alzheimer’s or the effects of it. Apart from this, Alzheimer’s disease causes many other changes in the brain’s structure and function, some of which are listed here.

Related Stories

  • Yoga as good as aerobic exercise for super brain health
  • Keto diet may fight against Alzheimer's disease
  • Diabetes: Your brain'll have to bear the brunt of your elevated sugar levels

Tangling of brain threads

A protein called tau has the function of maintaining cell structure. Alzheimer’s disease and other degenerative conditions make this protein weak. As the protein fails to deliver its message, the brain threads which previously ran parallel to each other become tangled. This breaks the whole system of nutrient delivery and, without the nutrients, the brain cells die.

Signal lost

Brain works on signals. More than 100 billion neurons work in the brain in order to deliver the message to the different parts of the body. Alzheimer’s disease interferes with these signals by affecting the neurotransmitters in the brain. Since the signal become weak or reach somewhere, they are not supposed to, it causes difficulty in learning, remembering and communicating.

Brain inflammation

Brain is guarded by the microglia. Microglia is a cell that first interprets the presence of Alzheimer’s in the body. As it interprets, it goes into overdrive in order to protect the other cells. Rather than protecting them, it causes inflammation in the brain, because of which more cells die.

Brain shrieks

As the Alzheimer’s disease progresses, the size of the brain shrinks. It starts by the withering of the surface layer. But, in the later stages, it has shown that the whole brain can shrink. The largest part of the brain is the cerebrum. This part is the one that is affected the most by this. This causes the inability to recall and concentrate.

Affects metabolism

Fighting Alzheimer’s disease requires nutrients and oxygen. With the brain occupying more than 20 per cent of the whole body oxygen supply, it becomes difficult to break down the nutrients and the metabolism slows itself down. This causes weight loss and even malnutrition in the last stages of this disease.

Published : September 21, 2019 7:47 pm | Updated:September 21, 2019 7:48 pm
Read Disclaimer

A common cold can be irritating: 5 natural ways to deal with it

A common cold can be irritating: 5 natural ways to deal with it

A proper diet can help you keep Alzheimer’s disease at bay

A proper diet can help you keep Alzheimer’s disease at bay

Please Wait. Article Loading ....

Related Stories

Yoga as good as aerobic exercise for super brain health

Yoga as good as aerobic exercise for super brain health

Keto diet may fight against Alzheimer's disease

Keto diet may fight against Alzheimer's disease

Diabetes: Your brain'll have to bear the brunt of your elevated sugar levels

Diabetes: Your brain'll have to bear the brunt of your elevated sugar levels

Brain networks and suicide: What’s the connection?

Brain networks and suicide: What’s the connection?

Is your youngster obese? It may hit his brain

Is your youngster obese? It may hit his brain

Health News in Hindi

भारत में भी मां का दूध उपलब्ध कराने वाले बैंक, जानें नई योजना

भारत में भी मां का दूध उपलब्ध कराने वाले बैंक, जानें नई योजना

विटामिन डी3 की कमी के लक्षण, नॉर्मल रेंज, मुख्य स्रोत व दवाई

विटामिन डी3 की कमी के लक्षण, नॉर्मल रेंज, मुख्य स्रोत व दवाई

पैरों को सेक्सी बनाने के लिए सिर्फ 14 दिन करें डबल लेग लिफ्ट एक्सरसाइज, जानें करने का तरीका

पैरों को सेक्सी बनाने के लिए सिर्फ 14 दिन करें डबल लेग लिफ्ट एक्सरसाइज, जानें करने का तरीका

चेहरे के स्किन पोर्स क्‍यों बड़े हो जाते है और कैसे दूर करें इनके निशान ?

चेहरे के स्किन पोर्स क्‍यों बड़े हो जाते है और कैसे दूर करें इनके निशान ?

वेट लॉस या वजन कम करने के लिए जूस पीने का ये तरीका ज्यादा कारगर

वेट लॉस या वजन कम करने के लिए जूस पीने का ये तरीका ज्यादा कारगर

Read All

Recent Posts

  • Exercise is important for hypertension patients: Know how to do it right
  • Are you a parent? Mindfulness practise will help you give your best to your child
  • Moushumi Chatterjee’s daughter Payal succumbs to type 1 diabetes: Know how to deal with this condition
  • 6 sexual health benefits of shilajit you didn’t know about
  • That humble cabbage in your vegetable shelf can help you fight diabetes

About The health Site

TheHealthSite.com is India's largest health site with more than 40 lakh unique visitors per month. We focus on fitness, beauty, health, pregnancy and more.

Most popular health and wellness website in India in 2012 at the Website of the year awards.

health@corp.india.com
+91 – 22 – 6697 1234
Landline Phone number 91 – 22 – 2490 0302.

ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LTD, 18th floor, A-Wing, Marathon Futurex, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013.

Useful Links

  • Weight Loss
  • Keto Diet Tips
  • Quick Weight Loss Tips
  • Power Yoga
  • Yoga and Diet Tips
  • Yoga Surya Namaskar
  • Weight Loss Yoga Poses
  • Quick Diabetic Diet Recipes
  • Diabetes Diet Tips
  • Clove Oil Beauty Benefits
  • To Loss Belly Fat
  • Symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency
  • Cancer
  • Symptoms of Chikungunya
  • Symptoms of Dengue
  • Hepatitis b
  • Diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Arthritis
  • Swine Flu
  • Back Pain
  • Slipped Disc
  • Teeth Sensitive
  • Breast Cancer
  • EBOL Virus
  • Dengue
  • Malaria
  • International Yoga Day
  • Symptoms of Vitamin B12
  • Acne
  • Vitamin D Deficiency
  • Quit Smoking
  • Celebrity Fitness
  • Flat Abs
  • Apple Cider Vinegar

We respect your privacy

  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Author Profiles

Copyright © 2019 Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. All rights reserved.