• Question: what is the average age for a memory loss disease?

    Asked by anon-188124 to Warren, Shanti, Pizza Ka Yee, Paul, Nadine, Alex on 14 Nov 2018.
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      Nadine Mirza answered on 14 Nov 2018:

      For a memory loss disease like Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia the target age is usually 60 years or above. It is possible to get it at younger than 60 (this is called early onset dementia) but this is very rare.

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      Paul Matusz answered on 14 Nov 2018:

      Indeed, it’s quite unusual to develop dementia before 60-70 🙂 We are all forgetful, and it’s normal 😉

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