Inability to Recognize One's Own Reflection in Alzheimer Disease
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2021
- A 77-year-old retired primary school teacher with probable Alzheimer dementia diagnosed after 2 years of progressive short-term memory loss and predominant hippocampal atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging of the brain became frequently puzzled and astonished by his reflection in the mirror, as shown in this video. He was able to recognize others in the same reflection (see • Alzheimer Disease and ... ).
Mirrored-self misidentification is associated with failure of face-selective activity in the right occipitotemporal cortex, probably causing impaired mapping of the perceived face on stored memory representations.
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Click ja.ma/3hIppvS to read "Mirrored-Self Misidentification in a Patient With Probable Alzheimer Dementia" in JAMA Neurology.
This makes me incredibly sad. My mother is heading down that road 😭
How is your mother doing today?
@@AS-xi9dfI was about to ask the same thing 😢
It’s okay. She was a strong woman who was able to create something unimaginably beautiful (you). She’ll always be in you and with you. I couldn’t imagine and you’re strong aswell.
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I hope she's doing well hopefully still alive 👍
The video clearly shows how insensitive and ill informed both the doc and relative are. Insisting he recognize himself. I lost my dear Mother very recently. She suffered almost 2 yrs of Alzheimer's dementia. Such a dynamic and active person. We are still wondering what cud have gone wrong. This disease is devastating and very tragic to see them suffering.
Doctors just kept prescribing meds and increasing the dosage. No one has a clue or solution. We were helpless. God give strength to all those who have near and dear ones suffering from this.
My grandpa has died due to Alzheimer's in 2013. While I was still going to school around that time, my mother recently told me on the 9th year of his death that when he was walking around the house, he would stare into the mirror and have conversations with his reflection, complimenting his clothing and talking about random things. This video reminds me of him, such a horrible disease.
I'm so sorry for your loss😢
So sad. Such a cruel disease.
It must be terrifying to realise that.
thats the thing. they dont
@@spimblesa small blessing
@@corryroberts9768yeah, at least if you're this far along you're not really suffering anymore. although I do wonder, maybe the constant state of confusion you must find yourself in makes you experience negative emotions. I'm not sure.
In my opinion, altsheimer's disease and similar cognitively impairing illnesses might be among the most burdensome illnesses for the relatives. It must be so devastating to witness a person slowly but surely disappear. I hope that I will be spared to experience it (actively or passively).
You practically get to witness your own demise.
It is very sad. My father is in exactly this condition these days. He talks to his image thinking that is his father.
most people have no idea or say its not that bad. my mother talks to the person in the mirror like its someone in the next room. tries to give her drinks invites her to watch tv. waves to her when shes in the hospital bed. most painful thing in the world for a son. Do not tell her its her. just let it happen. trust me
i think it would be more bad to not tell her and see her just sink in the disease more and more . i get that this desiese is hard and i wish good recovery for your mother . if you want to explain why le it just happen am all listening.
how do you cope
The further end will end sad. That just not the below iceberg. They will forgot how to think what right or wrong, forgot to walk, forgot to breath.
I wish this disease. Never existed, I used to work with the elderly and its a very sad image
As life expectancy increases, so too does the rate of Alzheimer's.
I'm a bit misty eyed watching.
Bless him with good health and recovery
You can’t recover from alzheimers.
Really sucks, I feel bad for him
I can’t help feeling bad for him. If he had truly lost it he’d say no out loudly and wouldn’t care less, but the fact that he seemed hesitant and just shook his head when the doc said no at the end felt like he ought to know but didn’t and felt embarrassed 😞 It’s very sad..
This is cruel. Like what is the point?
You can tell by his face that he's very disinterested in looking in the mirror obviously because he doesn't know who the man in the mirror is
One day, there will be a treatment for this disease.
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Soo sad ..
My father might have Alzheimer’s disease, and I’m very sad 😭😭😭 I can’t believe he will forget me
Don't make him notice that he cannot remember. Don't ask him "do you remember...?". That's scary for them. Live the present moment.
I'm sorry 😞
A wide range of species has been reported to fail the mirror test, including several species of monkeys, giant pandas, and sea lions. Even among the great apes who _do_ recognize themselves, the very old often do not.
So, what are you trying to say ?
What terrible “medical care” by the doctor and nurse. After the first time the man said “no” to recognising himself, the medical staff had the confirmation of his “cognitive condition” that they were evidently seeking. If they really wanted to help him recognise the figure in the mirror as himself, one of them should have stood next to him and TOGETHER they should have looked into the mirror. Then the Dr or nurse by the man should have said “that man/lady there is me, and that man next to me - you see - is you. That’s what I look like in a mirror and that’s what you look like in a mirror.”
In my opinion, what they did was cruel when they told him to look again in the mirror and told him “that’s you”. Did they expect to him to say “oh yeah. Thanks for that, doctor!” … I cared and nursed my mother with dementia for 3.5 years until she died at home (fading out from consciousness to death with her last breath… I was at her side.) Yes, I had some home care help from “care workers” but most of them lacked the necessary understanding that the person inside the body is there, is always there but that their relationship to the outer world has become blurred, and that it is at that point where the person and the world round them CONNECTS that requires your assistance as a carer (or care worker) to help be their “synapse” (so to speak). Good lord, it isn’t rocket science! It is really quite simple. Why oh why do the allopathic medical practitioners get it so wrong?
Totally agree. They showed exactly how NOT to engage with dementia or Alzheimer patients. This was an awful way to cause unnecessary distress.
Yup, not sure if it's a translation error but these caregivers seem cruel.
Also I'm sorry to hear about your mother
My condolences. I lost my mom when I was 17 and it doesn't matter what age you are, losing a parent is tough. My heart goes out to you, and I'm very proud for the care you gave her in her final years ❤❤❤
We need to cure this, one day... one day... ONE DAY!
Worst disease in existence. 💔
You should never show dementia sufferers their recflection.... Bit of common sense here it could cause them to become extremely upset, confused or even lash out in anger amd disbelief ... 😤
That's because they see themselves as young people, so it's cruel to scary them with their actual image. They will recognize themselves in old photos. Stop torturing them by showing their perception of reality is altered. It's scary for them.
I hate these videos. It's become a trend. It's disgusting and it's terrifying to the elderly.