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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.
This comes from the Alzheimer's Association ... Myth 2: Alzheimerâs disease is not fatal. Reality: Alzheimer's disease has no survivors. It destroys brain cells and causes memory changes, erratic behaviors and loss of body functions. My Dad was stage 7 and his organs shut down. My Dad is in early Alz. and his younger sister is in the end stage of the disease.