Funso: Kodi msinkhu ndi wofunikira bwanji chifukwa cha chiopsezo cha Alzheimer?
Yankho:
Chodziwika kwambiri chiopsezo cha matenda a Alzheimer ndi kukula kwa msinkhu. Anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi matendawa ali ndi zaka 65 kapena kuposerapo, ngakhale kuti anthu angathe kukhala ndi abwenzi awo, kapena kuti Alzheimer's early morning, atangoyamba zaka za m'ma 30 ndi 40. Mpata wokhala ndi Alzheimer umawonjezeka pafupifupi zaka zisanu zilizonse zitatha zaka 65.
Pakafika zaka 85, chiopsezochi chimafikira pafupifupi 50 peresenti.
Mu kafukufuku wa 1995 womwe unachitikira ku East Boston, Massachusetts, anthu onse osaphunzitsidwa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri (65) kapena akuluakulu m'dera lino la anthu 32,000 anaphunzira: Kufala kwa matenda a Alzheimer ndi 10% mwa anthu oposa zaka 65 ndipo 47% Zaka 85. Anthu 8 pa anthu 100 alionse oposa 65 ndi 36% mwa iwo oposa 85 anali ndi vuto lodziŵa zambiri kuti athetse moyo wawo. Sizodziwikiratu kuti mudziwu umaimira anthu ambiri.
Ngakhale kuchuluka kwa matenda ndi chiŵerengero cha anthu omwe ali ndi matendawa panthaŵi inayake, chiŵerengero cha matenda ndi mlingo umene matenda atsopano amapezeka mwa anthu panthawi inayake. Kwa matenda a Alzheimer's, chiŵerengero cha anthu omwe ali ndi zaka 85 kapena kuposerapo ndi pafupifupi 14 pa anthu omwe ali ndi zaka 65 mpaka 69.
Kafukufuku wina anapeza kuti kuyambira ali ndi zaka 65, chiopsezo cha matenda a Alzheimers chinawonjezeka ndi 23 peresenti pa chaka chimodzi.
Chiŵerengero cha Amerika ndi Alzheimer's ndi mitundu ina ya chiwopsezo chaumphawi chikuwonjezeka chaka chilichonse chifukwa cha kukula kwakukulu kwa anthu okalamba. Nambalayi ikuyembekezeredwa kupitilira kuwonjezeka muzaka zikubwera monga zaka za msinkhu wa mwana.
Pofika m'chaka cha 2030, chiwerengero cha anthu a ku America omwe ali ndi zaka 65 kapena kuposerapo chiyenera kuwirikiza kawiri. Pakati pa 2010 ndi 2050, wamkulu akale (omwe ali ndi zaka 85 kapena kuposerapo) akuyenera kuwonjezeka kuchokera ku 29.5 peresenti ya anthu onse okalamba ku United States mpaka 35.5 peresenti. Izi zikutanthauza kuwonjezeka kwa anthu okalamba okwana 17 miliyoni - anthu omwe ali pachiopsezo chachikulu chokhala ndi Alzheimer's. Ngakhale kuti zaka ndizovuta, sitimasintha, moyo wathu umasintha ndi zakudya , ndipo umboni ukuwonjezeka kuti angathandize kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha matenda a Alzheimer .
Zotsatira:
Hebert, Liesi E. et al., "Zochitika Zakale za Matenda a Alzheimer's Community Population," JAMA 273: 1354-59. May 1995.
Lindsay, J. et al., "Zowopsa za Matenda a Alzheimer: A Prospective Analysis ochokera ku Canada Study of Health and Aging," American Journal of Epidemiology 156: 445-53. 2002.
Matenda a Alzheimer's 2010 Zolemba. Alzheimer's Association. Zapezeka: June 7, 2010. http://www.alz.org/documents_custom/report_alzfactsfigures2010.pdf
-Edited ndi Esther Heerema, MSW, Alzheimer's / Dementia Expert