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Angela7
Asked May 2010
What causes people to die from Alzheimer's disease?
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Angelmommy57
Oct 2017
Usually something physical/medical. My mom's lost a great deal of weight because food tastes different now. Shut down of organs, pneumonia, etc. is usually what happens.
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Jaye
May 2010
people die from complications of alzheimers disease not the disease as such... Many elders have multiple diagnosis's so it is often hard to know.
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lach61
May 2010
From what I've heard, the person doesn't die of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
It's usually something else, e.g. pneumonia.
Hope this sheds some light.
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It's usually something else, e.g. pneumonia.
Hope this sheds some light.