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Is ADD A Symptom Of Alzheimer S Disease?

My mother in law had early on set Alzheimer s (age 57) she lived for 10 years in a nursing home before she passed. Her daughter, age 72 was diagnosed last year at age 71. My husband, age 62 has been diagnosed with ADD about 5 years ago. Is it likely that he too by age 70+ will be diagnosed with Alzheimer s?
Mon, 30 Jul 2018
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

ADD is completely different disorder and there is no data to suggest that ADD leads to alzheimers disease.

However it will not be wrong to take the second opinion as individuals with alzheimer can present with inattention and other frontal lobe symptoms. This is particularly common in a variant of alzheimer disease known as frontal dominant alzheimer disease.


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Is ADD A Symptom Of Alzheimer S Disease?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. ADD is completely different disorder and there is no data to suggest that ADD leads to alzheimers disease. However it will not be wrong to take the second opinion as individuals with alzheimer can present with inattention and other frontal lobe symptoms. This is particularly common in a variant of alzheimer disease known as frontal dominant alzheimer disease. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.