Irrespective of whether or not we get what is called Alzheimer's dementia . So Alzheimer's disease is both the most prevalent form of dementia and the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease . So it occupies that unique spot .
And what's perhaps most devastating about those genes is how early the onset is of the disease . These are people that are usually getting Alzheimer's disease in their fifties . Um So we do have a patient in our practice .
So it occupies that unique spot . Uh We're talking about roughly 6 million people in the United States have Alzheimer's disease . That's one in uh let's see , I mean , about 2% of the total population .
Well , it , it , it's , and I , I do write about this at , at , at length in the chapter on Alzheimer's disease because I think this is a very important point , right ? Which is the index case for Alzheimer's disease . There's always an index case , right ?
Um So what else can we tell you just to give you kind of lay of the land ? So the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease would probably be Lewy body dementia followed by Parkinson's disease . Although the rate of growth of Parkinson's disease is the highest .
