After identifying potential risk factors behind Alzheimer’s the next step in diagnosing the disease is the actual physical or mental symptoms that can be common in Alzheimer’s cases. Here we identify the 10 warning signs:

Symptom 1: Loss of memory

The signature of Alzheimer’s disease is memory loss and one of the first clues to the disease is forgetfulness, whether that be forgetting recently learned telephone numbers of forgetting about appointments not just occasionally, but on a regular basis for example. As Alzheimer’s advances the loss of memory becomes more deeper and complex where sufferers can forget their own name or fail to recognize loved ones.