How to test for and diagnose early Alzheimer's disease
Your healthcare provider may use a range of tests to evaluate your brain health to help
figure out if your symptoms are due to early Alzheimer’s disease. These include:
Cognitive exam
Checks how well your brain can think and process information.
Neurological exam
Tests your nervous system, including your reflexes, speech, and sensations.
Lab tests
Test urine and blood to see if something
else might be causing symptoms.
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan
Takes a detailed picture of your brain for your healthcare provider to review.
Understanding if LEQEMBI is right for you
LEQEMBI is an anti-amyloid treatment that helps clear amyloid brain plaque and the harmful amyloid proteins that create brain plaque. Because of this, your healthcare provider may use these tests to determine if amyloid is contributing to your symptoms.
A blood-based biomarker
(BBM)
test looks for proteins in
your blood that are linked
to
Alzheimer's disease.
An amyloid positron
emission
tomography (PET)
scan uses a special machine
that takes pictures of the brain
to look for proteins related to
Alzheimer’s disease.
A cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF) test
takes samples of the fluid around your brain and spinal cord to see
if proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease are
present in it.
Talk to your healthcare provider about which tests are right for you.
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