Questão 3019045

• Banca: NUCEPE
• Órgão: Prefeitura de Teresina - PI
• Ano: 2019
• Provas: NUCEPE - 2019 - Prefeitura de Teresina - PI - Professor de Educação Básica - Língua Inglesa
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

What is Alzheimer’s disease?

There are many types and causes of dementia, but Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form, accounting for between 60 and 70 per cent of all cases.  

Common early symptoms of Alzheimer’s include short-term memory loss, apathy and depressed mood, but these symptoms are often just seen as being a part of normal ageing, making early diagnosis difficult. 

Doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s on the basis of medical examination, patient history and cognitive tests, and can use imaging to rule out other forms of dementia. However, a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is only possible after death, when examination of brain tissue can reveal whether a person had the deposits of amyloid and tau proteins that are characteristic of the condition. 

            Source http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau3333(adapted)

            Journal reference: Science Advances, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3333

            This article was updated on 30 January 2019 to add more detail and comment

            Access: April 20th, 2019

Considering the text above, Alzheimer’s disease has only a definitive diagnosis when

• A. it causes problems with thinking and behavior.
• B. it accounts sixty percent to eighty percent of old age population
• C. it develops fast and gets worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.
• D. an analyse of the brain tissue made through the deposits of the amyloid and tau proteins after people die.
• E. the deposits of amyloid and tau accumulate in the brain tissue for one decade.

Gabarito: D