During the last few years,75-year-old Mrs.Yamaguchi has gradually become so mentally disoriented that she can't find her way around her own house and often fails to recognize her husband.It is most likely that Mrs.Yamaguchi is suffering the effects of

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Mrs. Yamaguchi's symptoms of disorientation and failure to recognize her husband are consistent with Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative neurological disorder that commonly affects elderly individuals. Death-deferral phenomenon and menopause are not relevant to the symptoms described, and while terminal decline is a phenomenon that occurs in the last few years of life as physical and mental abilities decline, the specific symptoms described here are more indicative of Alzheimer's disease.

During the Last Few Years,75-Year-Old Mrs