Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD for short, is a rare and fatal degenerative brain disorder that affects around 1 million people around the world and 350 annually in the United States.…
Category: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Introduction
Some people call Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Lou Gehrig’s Disease or simply ALS. Whatever it’s called, ALS is a devastating and terminal neurodegenerative disease that has a highly predictable clinical course.…
Alzheimer’s Disease: The Result of the Brain Trying to Protect Itself
Another trip to the bookstore; another stack of books purchased and ready to be consumed. This trip yields books on gut health, eating to avoid dementia, and of course, Alzheimer’s…
Aging with HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is the retrovirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It was identified in the 1980s and I remember it well. I was a teenager who…
Managing Multiple Sclerosis in Senior Care
Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic, disabling and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain and the spinal cord. It is characterized as an autoimmune, inflammatory and demyelinating of the brain…
Managing Huntington's Disease in Senior Care
Recently, I have become very interested in the major neurodegenerative disorders affecting seniors in long term care. One of my concerns is the care that takes place as the disease…