Dispelling Dementia’S Myths
By Elaine C Pereira
Most of the questions asked of me or other presenters during seminars are meaningful in addition to appropriate. But they also reverberate a lack of clarity that silent permeates what the full general populace understands.
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Quoting someone: “there are no stupid questions.” I’m grateful to assist anyone expand their noesis in addition to dispel the myths virtually dementia in addition to Alzheimer’s.
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The next questions come upward up frequently plenty that I wanted to percentage the information to a broader base of operations of readers.
1. Do men with dementia/Alzheimer’s demo to a greater extent than anger/hostility than women do?
There does non look to last whatever indication that men with Alzheimer’s react to a greater extent than violently because of their affliction than women do. To date, I haven’t constitute whatever enquiry to propose that sex plays a utilization inward the attack or severity of aggression.
That said, however, men are to a greater extent than often than non stronger physically in addition to taller than women in addition to hence the playing plain isn’t equal betwixt them. Sports teams are separated past times sex inward utilization for that reason. Therefore a human being non otherwise compromised physically past times other wellness weather condition tin yield a stronger blow than most women every bit agitation in addition to trigger-happy behaviors escalate due to a compromised judgment, confusion, etc.
From I Will Never ForgetInteresting also that at that topographic point are to a greater extent than women with afterwards phase Alzheimer’s than men because inward full general women alive longer fifty-fifty with this disease.
“I receive got a os to alternative with you!” (Mom) said angrily. Before I knew it, she pirouetted on 1 leg in addition to hurled her correct human foot into my butt in addition to kicked me.
2. Is it truthful that dementia is to a greater extent than mutual with educated people?
Actually enquiry supports the exact opposite:
"Life experiences that engage the brain, such every bit higher educational attainment inward this case, may protect against biological changes inward the encephalon that underlie Alzheimer’s."
My internist in addition to I both lost our mothers to Alzheimer’s coincidently inward the same month. Even he said, “You know, educated people run a higher opportunity of getting Alzheimer’s.”
I was in addition to hence taken aback past times his remark, to which I didn't concord only didn’t receive got an immediate come upward back, that I said nothing. Now I’m non in addition to hence tranquillity to assist dispel this myth.
3. Is the incidence of Alzheimer’s to a greater extent than prevalent inward about countries than others? Is at that topographic point an ethnic correlation or protection?
My woman raise had a proverb – she had a lot of them actually, about of which made no feel fifty-fifty earlier her dementia – “The to a greater extent than nosotros learn, the less nosotros know.” It belike wasn’t an master copy observation, only her indicate applies here.
There are detailed studies virtually the incidence of cognitive impairments in addition to AD (Alzheimer’s disease) inward the USA with people with differing ethnic backgrounds. Additionally enquiry has followed people native to other countries, only silent at that topographic point is no specific, proven, clear differentiation across cultural in addition to solid set down borders.
As nosotros larn to a greater extent than peculiarly along diagnostic lines, the information volition last to a greater extent than definitive in addition to less blurry. There are also many variables. It doesn’t look at this time, that 1 ethnicity protects or makes 1 to a greater extent than vulnerable to AD.
4. Is Alzheimer’s genetic?
Yes in addition to No. We are all determined past times our genetics; height, optic color in addition to yep genes for diseases similar Muscular Dystrophy. And past times contrast, nosotros receive got command over environmental variables that “shape us” such every bit managing our weight, existence social, active in addition to past times extension healthier.
Alzheimer’s is an historic menstruum related disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 50% of people historic menstruum 85 in addition to older receive got or volition prepare dementia.
Many variables, also many actually, contribute to whether person presents with Alzheimer’s. At a minimum, age, wellness habits in addition to genetics are with them.
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