Incidencia y prevalencia de la enfermedad del alzheimer, un fenómeno mundial

Abstract

Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is considered a neurodegenerative entity whose evolution is long because its onset is silent and occurs decades before symptoms occur, advancing over time, gradually compromising the cognition of the affected person. Objective: Determine the incidence and prevalence of alzheimer’s disease, covering important aspects of this pathology. Methodology: Through a descriptive study that was carried out through a bibliographic review, selecting scientific articles published in the last five years, which were searched in databases such as: Scielo, Elsevier, PubMed and Scholar Google. Conclusion: In Ecuador, alzheimer’s has not been extensively researched so, at the moment no official figure on the incidence and prevalence in the country is available from the Ministry of Public Health, it is of vital importance that the Ecuadorian State is concerned with studying this disease.