0 I have a big cardiac exam coming up and even though most of the anatomy is review, I'm still having a hard time remembering blood flow through the heart and various structures.
Life expectancy varies for each person with Alzheimerâs disease (AD). The average life expectancy after diagnosis is eight to 10 years. In some cases, however, it can be as short as three years or as long as 20 years. AD can go undiagnosed for several years, too.
People with Alzheimer's disease, Larson found, have about half the life expectancy of a same-age person without Alzheimer's. Even so, many people with the disease have lots of life ahead of them. A fairly large number of people with Alzheimer's disease are going to live a long time, Larson says. For example, one in four women diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease will live for 10 more years. That is a lot of years of care to plan for..