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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Alzheimer's
disease is a pro- |
Many
signs and symptoms indi- |
Massage
will not reverse the pro- |
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Disease* |
gressive
degenerative dis- |
cate
Alzheimer's disease. Some of |
cess
of Alzheimer's disease, but |
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ease
of the brain leading to |
the
most common include mem- |
it's
unlikely to do any harm, as |
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deterioration
and dementia. |
ory
loss, anxiety, delusions, de- |
long
as the client is comfortable. |
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pression,
personality changes, |
Therefore,
with medical clear- |
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restlessness,
sleeplessness, social |
ance,
and within the comfort lev- |
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withdrawal,
and intellectual |
els
of the client, massage may be |
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decline, |
indicated
for Alzheimers disease. |