Why Shouldn’t People With No Symptoms Get Tested? Who Shouldn’t Get Tested? These tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s if you already have symptoms like confusion or memory loss, but they can’t yet screen for the disease before symptoms appear.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629d84ce4ba-d212-49fd-a141-f7b2eea81725 “These proteins can also be seen in cognitively intact individuals as part of the normal aging process, and do not have any predictive value,” says Dr. Jones. “Therefore, patients should not obtain these tests if they are not symptomatic.” A positive result in someone who feels fine can raise questions the tests can’t answer, like…
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