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What Is The Life Expectancy Of An End Stage Altzheimer's Patient?
my mother has end stage altzheimers and is in the hospital now because she's been sleeping for 20 hours a day for the past week. they said she has coronary heart disease as well. She is not a candidate for surgery. What are her options and life expectancy
Tue, 1 Jul 2014
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Alzhaimer desease isn't a life threating desease.
Instead coronary problem are a big risk unfortunately it is rather difficult to treat such patient as their mental status doesn't help in recovery.
Regards
Alzhaimer desease isn't a life threating desease.
Instead coronary problem are a big risk unfortunately it is rather difficult to treat such patient as their mental status doesn't help in recovery.
Regards
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