Alzheimer`s Disease/last stage alzheimers

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Is it common for alsheimers patients to have spells of stopping breathing in the late stages.

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Dear Hallie, yes it is something that happens to some people.  The brain is essentially eroding and being destroyed.  The brain controls all bodily functions, so as each part is consumed by the plaques and tangles that are the markers of Alzheimer's, it eventually destroys the area that controls breathing.  

I hope this helps you understand.  Please let me know if you have any other questions.  Peace, Paula

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Paula Damgaard

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I can offer families and caregivers non-diagnostic answers to questions regarding the disease. I travel around the state giving courses on Alzheimer`s disease for nurses and CNA`s.

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I have coordinated Alzheimer's Clinical drug trials since 1987. I have coordinated the Memory Disorders Clinic since it's inception 1994. I also have personnal experience from caring for my mother who died of AD 5/2000 and presently from caring for my mother in law who was diagnosed in March 2000.

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