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Anthony Shipley - 11 Sep 2005 11:32 GMT

I read, yesterday, in the depths of pubgradmet.com that early-onset Alzheimer's
disease has a life-expectancy of circa 3-5 years (or something like that).

Can anybody confim or repute that? Alternatively, find the URL within
pubgradmed.com or another URL to such data>

tia

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Lesanne - 11 Sep 2005 16:39 GMT

I browsed around in the University Library where I am taking my Masters in
Nursing and found this:

Prof Des O'Neill, the society's medical director and a geriatrician at the
Adelaide & Meath Hospital, in Tallaght, Co Dublin, says: "The life
expectancy for someone with early-onset Alzheimer's disease is somewhere
between five and 15 years."

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>I read, yesterday, in the depths of pubgradmet.com that early-onset
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Anthony Shipley - 12 Sep 2005 06:25 GMT

>I browsed around in the University Library where I am taking my Masters in
>Nursing and found this:
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>expectancy for someone with early-onset Alzheimer's disease is somewhere
>between five and 15 years."

Thanks. One (strange) think I didn't mention in my earlier post was that the
site in question always quoted it as n years life expectancy "from initial
diagnosis". That seems rather strange to me.

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Lesanne - 12 Sep 2005 20:32 GMT

Yes, you have to wonder, right? Considering the variations in time of
diagnosis.

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June - 12 Sep 2005 21:17 GMT

Sometimes it would be nice to have a crystal ball and know what's ahead?
But then again, wouldn't it be terrible to have a crystal ball and know
what's ahead? A little off subject when my grandson was born with birth
defects that affected his breathing the doctor only told the family what
they needed to know at the time. She did at least say he had every chance
at a normal life. What she didn't say was that he would probably need a
trach and he did after 5 weeks. That he would probably need a machine to
help him breathe after the trach for several months (c-pap) which he did
when he was 4 months old to 8 months old. That he would probably need
several surgeries and he has. After several months of this pattern my
daughter finally asked to the doctor what other things were in store. The
doctor had a good idea what was in store because she had seen this
particular birth defect before and she is probably the only doctor that has
seen it twice.
I guess what I'm saying is some families are overwhelmed by the truth and
sometimes doctors don't even know the truth......

>>I browsed around in the University Library where I am taking my Masters in
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