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Can you catch alzheimer's disease eating from an aflicted person's spoon?
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Not contageous: Alzheimer' s disease is a condition of decline in cognitive status because of changes in the brain. It is not an infection or caused by the type of bacteria or virus that ca be spread by sneezes, coughs or the like. Greatest risk factor is very old age and some forms that run in families.
Answered 7/18/2016
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