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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. Alzheimerâs disease is the most common type of dementia. Between 60 and 80 percent of cases of dementia are caused by this disease, according to the Alzheimerâs Association. Early signs of Alzheimerâs disease include depression and forgetting names and recent events. Alzheimerâs causes brain cells to die.