Alzheimer’s disease: Beware of your Dietary habits
February 21, 2010
Medical detectives are on the lookout for all causes of Alzheimer’s disease. They have pinpointed gene mutations as the primary cause. But there are surmises that this brain disorder can also be caused by dietary habits, ecological effects, and certain cardio-vascular ailments.
OCTAGENARINS PRONE TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Though Alzheimer’s disease is found to be more prominent among the octogenarians, medical reports have shown that even the sexagenarians are prone to this disease. These two types of Alzheimer’s disease fall under the category of ‘Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease’. The former accounts for 50 per cent of the four million of Alzheimer’s disease cases in America, while the latter accounts for just 10 per cent. This syndrome comes with age.
Notably, it is not necessary all sexagenarians or octogenarians will inevitably fall prey to this progressive brain ailment. Still, prevention is always better than cure. Moreover, if the brain ailment can be diagnosed at the initial stages, proper medical care can go a long way in lessening the woes of the patients as well as their family members who have to be privy to the sure but slow degeneration of their dear one(s) relapsing into that zone where they fail to remember anything.
On the other hand, Alzheimer’s disease can affect people in the age bracket of 30-50 years. This syndrome is known as the ‘Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease’. It happens rarely.
PRESENILE DEMENTIA: ALOIS BLASTS MYTHS
Before 1960, Alzheimer’s disease was known as ‘Presenile dementia’. It was fallaciously thought this ailment of the brain attacked rarely and only the youth. However, German psychologist brought out his intensive studies on ‘Presinile dementia’ that year. His seminal work blasted the myths and paved the path for future researches on the disease that was increasingly becoming a common cause for concern across the globe.
SYMPTOMS OF ALZHIEMER’S PATIENTS
The symptoms primarily are loss of memory and speech.
* At times there can also be motor loss; it means such patients at an advanced stage fail to move certain or all limbs.
* Alzheimer’s patients further demonstrate unnatural apprehensions or fear about imaginary objects or incidents.
* They lose confidence and suffer from inferiority complex.
* Such people prefer to stay away from society.
* The Alzheimer’s patients feel comparatively secure within their homes.
* They always look for company of their near and dear ones.
* They abhor crowd and noise.
* These people forget simple data
* Often, the Alzheimer’s patients get irritated at the slightest pretext as they fail to come to grip with the surroundings.
