Hi
I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced this.....
My dad, with Alzheimers, gets one infection after another after another. They are all chest infections and has in fact had 3 bouts of pneumonia this year so far. His GP issues us with a rescue pack of antibiotics and steroids which I am ordering every week. He has been referred to a chest specialist and discharged as they say it is just Asthma and there is nothing they can really do.
This morning he had a pre-op for an upcoming procedure which they are now saying they can't go ahead with as he isn't fit enough due to another infection !!!
We also seem to be having a problem with him eating as everything we give him either tastes too strong, doesn't taste of anything, can't chew it or doesn't like it. Consequently he is starting to lose weight.
He has also started to become incontinent at night.
Sometimes it's really hard to spot what is an infection and what is just a normal part of Alzheimer's progressing.
Has anybody had any similar experiences?
Thanks in advance.
I'm wondering if anybody else has experienced this.....
My dad, with Alzheimers, gets one infection after another after another. They are all chest infections and has in fact had 3 bouts of pneumonia this year so far. His GP issues us with a rescue pack of antibiotics and steroids which I am ordering every week. He has been referred to a chest specialist and discharged as they say it is just Asthma and there is nothing they can really do.
This morning he had a pre-op for an upcoming procedure which they are now saying they can't go ahead with as he isn't fit enough due to another infection !!!
We also seem to be having a problem with him eating as everything we give him either tastes too strong, doesn't taste of anything, can't chew it or doesn't like it. Consequently he is starting to lose weight.
He has also started to become incontinent at night.
Sometimes it's really hard to spot what is an infection and what is just a normal part of Alzheimer's progressing.
Has anybody had any similar experiences?
Thanks in advance.