Larry King tonight Alzheimer's Disease Report on CNN

[Guest guest]

Watched the report and they said people with Alzheimer's have swallowing

problems so I wonder if Achalasia is a start toward Alzheimer's.

My sister on law had Alzheimer's and that is what happened to her, soon they

forget to swallow, then they die for lack of nourishment.

I had a stroke 14 years ago during a heart angiogram, left me sort of stupid,

but now it seems to me, I have recovered from the stroke. My wife says I am ok,

other than I had a talking problem for a few years.

Notan has there been any connections between Achalasia and Alzheimer's?? I

hope not!

My Achalasia started about 6 years ago after GERD in the middle of the night.

Ray CA OC 80

[Guest guest]

With late Alzheimer's, lots of things start going wrong. I would be very

surprised if there were a connection. We have lots of members here who are sharp

even though they are of advanced years. We probably would have noticed by now if

achalasia was a precursor to that problem.

We achalasians usually get misdiagnosed with GERD when what we are experiencing

is the backup of the contents of our esaphagous which never made it into the

stomach in the first place.

Dan

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[Guest guest]

Just recently I read somewhere that a sign of early Alzheimers is a decreased

ability to understand sarcasm. It was an article discussing how to diagnose

Alzheimer's earlier so people could be more successfully treated.

Whew, that was a relief, I can still get sarcasm, not so good with memory, like

names or where I put my keys.

Sandy

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> Watched the report and they said people with Alzheimer's have swallowing

problems so I wonder if Achalasia is a start toward Alzheimer's.

>

> My sister on law had Alzheimer's and that is what happened to her, soon they

forget to swallow, then they die for lack of nourishment.

>

> I had a stroke 14 years ago during a heart angiogram, left me sort of stupid,

but now it seems to me, I have recovered from the stroke. My wife says I am ok,

other than I had a talking problem for a few years.

>

> Notan has there been any connections between Achalasia and Alzheimer's?? I

hope not!

>

> My Achalasia started about 6 years ago after GERD in the middle of the night.

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> Ray CA OC 80

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