Man Diagnosed With Alzheimer's at 36

Baack · Jul 7, 2009

Mark Priddy is just 40-years-old and he cannot speak or feed himself. He lives in a nursing home, where his wife, Dione, and two daughters, Eleanor, 12, and Bethany, 11, visit him every weekend.
Priddy has early-onset Alzheimers disease, and he was diagnosed four years ago at the age of 36, Londons Daily Mail reported.
The diagnosis of Alzheimer's in a person under the age of 65 is extremely rare, according to research.
Dione Priddy, who is also 40, said she began noticing small changes in her husband in 2002.
As a real estate agent, Mark Priddy began losing his keys frequently, and he would forget many of his appointments. He was hired and fired from seven jobs. His doctor prescribed him antidepressants in 2004.
Soon a MRI scan revealed that Mark had lost some brain cells. A few weeks later, doctors gave Dionne Priddy the diagnosis: early-onset Alzheimers.
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