Alzheimer's Disease

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Caused by progressive damage to brain cells from the abnormal accumulation of amyloid-beta protein plaques and tau protein tangles
• 2which disrupt normal cell communication and trigger inflammation and cell death within the brain. The exact combination of factors that triggers this process is not fully understood
• 3but genetic factors
• 4including the APOE-e4 gene
• 5increase risk
• 6and family history of the disease is an important risk factor. Cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension
• 7diabetes
• 8and high cholesterol
• 9along with prior head injuries
• 10are also associated with increased risk of developing the disease.