Some degenerative diseases are caused by genetics and other degenerative diseases are caused by medical conditions such as a stroke, tumor, alcoholism, toxins, chemicals and viruses.
And in some cases the cause of some degenerative diseases are not fully known.
The most common degenerative disease is Parkinson's disease followed by Alzheimer's disease which are known as neurodegenerative disease.
A degenerative disease means that you have a disease in which the structure or function of the affected organs or tissues changes for the worse as time goes by.
Some examples of degenerative disease include degenerative disc disease, Alzheimer disease, osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis.
The 3 common degenerative diseases are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease.
A progressive degenerative disease is a disease that results from a continuous process that is based on degenerative cell changes and affects organs or tissues that will deteriorate increasingly over time.
And in neurodegenerative diseases the cells of your central nervous system also stop working or die through neurodegeneration.
Progressive degenerative diseases include Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Lewy body dementia and limbic predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE).
On average, a person with progressive degenerative disease such as Alzheimer's lives four to eight years after diagnosis, but can live as long as 20 years, depending on other factors.
Changes in the brain related to Alzheimer's begin years before any signs of the disease.
Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide.
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are the most common neurodegenerative diseases.
In the United States, as many as 6.2 million people may have Alzheimer's disease.
The symptoms of progressive degenerative disease include.
Problems controlling movements: tremors, muscular rigidity, slowness beginning and executing movements, alteration in reflexes and problems with balance.
Cognitive problems (dementia): impaired memory, disorientation, deficiencies in intellectual abilities, language problems, etc.
Memory loss and cognitive decline are often the earliest signs of neurodegenerative disease.
It can also start with simple forgetfulness, like misplacing keys or forgetting names, and progress to more severe memory deficits.
Parkinson's disease, another common neurodegenerative disorder, can also affect cognition in its early stages.