Ozzy Osbourne's wife terrified of Alzheimer's disease

Written By: Agencies | Updated : January 20, 2015 3:09 PM IST

London, Jan 20: Singer Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon says that she is terrified that she will die from Alzheimer's disease like her father. The former X Factor judge's music mogul father Don Arden passed away in 2007 at an age of 81 after battling with the disease. I was terrified because my dad died from Alzheimer s. It is the most soul-destroying disease. To see someone you love come down with it... it s wicked, it really is. There is nothing I can do to prevent it, nothing. People say to take cod liver oil and do puzzles and things, but then I look at people diagnosed with dementia. (Read: 5 practical tips to care for a patient with Alzheimer s disease)

My father was super active mentally, and take Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan... they were all so active, and that s what really frightens me, she said. The 62-year-old opened up about the fact that she and husband Ozzy underwent a genome test and found that she has two of the four genes responsible for developing the debilitating disease, reports mirror.co.uk. (Read: Symptoms and diagnosis of Alzheimer s disease)

Ozzy and I had these tests done at a university in England, and the results took three months to come back. They test every single cell, chromosome and gene in your body; it s like a DNA test but a million times more sophisticated. The results showed I have two of the four genes that give it to you. They re not the two major genes, but they re still there and I have them, she said. Sharon recently made headlines after her front tooth fell out during a live taping of her show The Talk . (Read: 6 ways to prevent Alzheimer s)

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