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. 2016 Mar 1;18(3):e22054. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.22054

Table 1. Comparison of Alzheimer Disease and Nesyan Clinical Features.

Alzheimer Disease Nesyan
Early Stage/Presentation Fisad-e-zekr
Short term memory distortion Difficulty in remembering current happenings (coldness and dryness)
Relative presentation of remote memory Remembering past happenings (coldness and dryness)
Word-finding problems (mildly) All heard or seen things are forgotten
Problem in planning, judging and organizing -
Relatively preserved social behavior All senses are well and all things that the person hears and sees and all dreams are consistent with the external realities
Intermediate Stage Fisad-e-Fekr /Fisad-e-takhayol
Failure in logical, reasoning, planning and organizing activities All things the patient remembers are incorrect (fased)
Impaired remote memory Forgetting past happenings and remembering current memories more than past happening (coldness and wetness)
More serious word-finding and language problems Difficulty in continuous talking
Being distracted easily -
Unaware of the disease His/her thinking is confabulation
Inability in using appliances and dressing The patient asks things not deserved and is not able to do his/her intended work
Disturbed spatial orientation
Delusions The patient tells and does things that are not correct
Visual hallucinations Admirable and imagines things that have not external reality
Emotional control deficit, anxiety Anxiety (hotness)
Inattention to appearance and hygiene -
Sleep disorders Too much sleep (coldness and wetness brain) /Insomnia (coldness and dryness) (12-17)
Late Stage
Severe deterioration of all cognitive modalities -
Near-mutism
Urinary and bowel incontinence
Myoclonus and epileptic seizures (19) Epilepsy and stroke (14)