What are common symptoms of alzheimer's disease?

10 Warning signs: You can get this information at http://www.Alz.Org/national/documents/checklist_10signs.Pdf.

Early on subtle: The alzheimer's pt may maintain superficial social abilities for a long time, and may seem to be normal at first glance, but you might see subtle language lapses, such as missing adverbs and adjectives. Abstract concept become increasingly challenging, and simple mathmatical tasks deteriorate. Driving and multitasking becomes increasingly problematic, and forgetfulness is notable.

Depends on stage: Most commonly, the first symptoms are short term memory loss in the form of repeating statements/questions, misplacing items, forgetting details of recent events. Mild changes in fluency and word finding difficulty are also common early on. Problems with judgment and problems solving, disorientation to surroundings, personality changes, or hallucinations and delusions occur in advanced stages.