This is not just, medical opinion. My Mother, 82 has been showing signs of short term memory loss, personality changes, irritability, but then she started having dizzy spells and nearly falling. About 3 weeks ago, after a fresh spell she went to the Dr. who ordered a CT scan. My sister took her because she has voluntarily stopped driving because of the dizzyiness. The CT scan showed some hardening of the arteries, but not much and nothing else that would account for the problem. When she and my sister returned to the DR.'s Office for her follow up appointment, my sister told him, "We have to look farther. She has worsened noticeably since the CT scan (2 weeks). Something is going on in her head." She had an MRI last Sunday, and they found an enlargement in a ventricle at the back of her head. The Cerebral Spinal Fluid isn't draining like it should and is creating pressure. She's being referred to a Neurologist. We expect she'll be getting a shunt.
The classic symptoms are a photo of her. They are also classic of ALZ and Parkinsons.
From what we've researched, once the pressure reduces, she should return to close to her old normal, maybe not all, but close. As we all know, once we have a Dx, testing and retesting becomes more a frustration and waste of time and changes nothing, but testing to get a Dx is imperative so we can take care of our LOs well, and sometimes maybe even get Good Bad news, like we did.
I wonder who funded the developement of such a test. I'd be willing to bet it was those who would benefit the most, the long term care insurance company that would deny coverage