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Doctors say it is possible that an Alzheimer's patient could progress to the point that damage from the disease to the centers of the brain that control breathing could cause death, but patients rarely get that far without an infection setting in.
Alzheimer's disease is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. It primarily affects older adults, although people of any age can show symptoms of the disease. The disease has seven stages and eventually leads to the destruction of brain cells.