Economy 53,076 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 https://www.sciencealert.com/neurologists-diagnose-the-youngest-case-of-alzheimers-ever-reported The youngest ever case of an Alzheimer's diagnosis has been made in China. A 19 year old teenager began experiencing unexplained memory loss at age of just 17 only to get the diagnosis 2 years later. In addition, many cases of young people getting Alzheimer's (under 40 years of age) is connected to mutations that have been found in genes, in this case, no such mutation has been identified Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,076 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 Alzheimer's is like the illness of the 21st century over taking all others. The trends are frankly worrying. On my mom's side it also runs super deep with 10/13 immediate relatives older than my mother having gotten Alzheimer's and a few of them having it as their cause of death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsleepOnTheCeiling 6,998 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I don't think Alzheimer's is trending up as much as it is science allowing us to simply identify it. We used to just call people "crazy", now we understand more of what it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleGAGA 852 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 I work in medicine and am a prescriber: Scary disease but excitedly, we now think at least 40% of all dementia is preventable. Good sleep! Less alcohol! More cardio exercise! There’s hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helxig 45,622 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Alzheimer's/dementia as a terrifying disease and one that affects sooo many people. But the future seems promising! They're developing blood tests that can identify it up to 3.5 years before symptoms start https://scitechdaily.com/new-blood-test-detects-alzheimers-disease-3-5-years-before-clinical-diagnosis/ They're showing promising results in trials of a vaccine against the cause of it https://alzheimersnewstoday.com/news/anti-amyloid-beta-vaccine-shows-promise-alzheimers-trial-analysis/ More research is showing that diet directly affects your chances of developing it, new research points towards fructose... which is in everything But here's a chart that can help anyone who has it in their family and is worried The same advice as for literally everything else healthwise very repetitive, I know, but it's something I'll be myself until they fūcking close the coffin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,076 Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 21 hours ago, TortureMeOnReplay said: I don't think Alzheimer's is trending up as much as it is science allowing us to simply identify it. We used to just call people "crazy", now we understand more of what it is. That may be part of it but a lot of stuff that is being linked to Alzheimer's suggests lifestyle trends that are on the rise So while part of it may be identification a lot of it may also be an actual increase as well Obesity, sleep deprevation, processed foods, low physical activity among other things have been suggested by many studies over the years to increase risk of Alzheimer's... Those are also things that started to become more common from the 1950s onward... And guess what? Ppl born in the 1950s onward are now approaching 80 or slightly beyond it So I don't have a hard time believing there is a real increase. Diagnosis of it is not new, yet in recent years the numbers are skyrocketing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 99,465 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 17 hours ago, TortureMeOnReplay said: I don't think Alzheimer's is trending up as much as it is science allowing us to simply identify it. We used to just call people "crazy", now we understand more of what it is. Pretty much. And also, people are living longer than ever so obviously there are going to be a higher incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer's. But it is indeed worrying the way more and more young (compared to the epidemiology) people are getting it. If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,076 Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Red said: Pretty much. And also, people are living longer than ever so obviously there are going to be a higher incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer's. But it is indeed worrying the way more and more young (compared to the epidemiology) people are getting it. Life expectancies and lifespans haven't increased by such a large amount in the last few decades to explain the increase we're seeing It's important to understand the numbers not just the superficial headline number Further improvements were made in minimizing infant mortality as well as other premature deaths due to now better treated desieses which helps bring up average life expectancy. But a lot of people 30 or 40 years ago were living well into their 80s also. It was not necessarily a rare thing The stuff u guys are talking about like better diagnosis and longer life expectancy may be a factor I'm not saying it isn't, but I don't believe it's the MAIN thing It seems pretty clear that it's a desiese that has increased in prominence and the number of people it's hitting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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