Five warning signs of early onset Alzheimer’s
You totally spaced on grabbing your gym bag (or lunch...or flat keys...or phone...) on your way to work in the morning. Hey, no judgement forgetting stuff happens to all of us.
But what if your memory loss doesn’t seem like a typical part of breezing into your, say, forth decade – and this is happening all the time? While Early-Onset Alzheimer's – defined as when the illness hits people under 65 – is rare, it does affect 5% of all of those ultimately diagnosed.
(In 2017, in fact, one 27-year-old British women was told to prepare for the disease, as tests showed it would likely hit her, soon.)
Plus, two-thirds of all Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers are female, according to the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, meaning women are disproportionately affected by the dis...