My sister was diagnosed 3 years ago with early onset Alzheimers disease.She is now 53 years old.Our family is concerned she might have been misdiagnosed.We have heard from other people it might be possible she has Lyme s disease, because it s symptoms are similar. She was tested for Lyme s disease and the results were negative..but there can be false negatives.Trying to sort this out and find a new doctor who would dig deeper, but I am having trouble doing so.Any advice would be appreciated.Thank you.
Hi, thanks for the query. I would like to know what are the symptoms in your sister & how the symptoms/deficits have progressed (gradual/rapid) to ascertain whether she has a dementia process. Later on we can dig deeper by means of various investigations like MRI Brain, Neuropsychological assessment, test for Vitamin B12, folate levels, thiamine deficiency; test for neurosyphilis etc. to name a few causes of dementia 9Since you have already tested & ruled out Lyme disease). If treatable; for example Vitamin B12 deficiency, neurosyphilis etc. we can use appropriate Chat Doctor.  But the damage already occurred can not be reversed. Irrespective of all these causes; basic treatment modality of dementia is by 