Loaʻa i nā wahine ka maʻi Alzheimer ma mua o nā kāne?

I kēia pule ke nīnau nei mākou i nā kauka a me nā mea kākoʻo o Alzheimer no ke aha i mamao loa ai nā helu ma Alzheimer i nā wahine. ʻO 2/3 o nā hihia Alzheimer i hōʻike ʻia ma ʻAmelika he mau wahine! He mea nui ia akā e heluhelu e ʻike i ke kumu ...

Mike McIntyre :

Ua kamaʻilio mākou me ʻO Joan Euronus, nona ka maʻi Alzheimer, ua ʻike ʻia i ka makahiki 62. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi kelepona ma mua mai kahi kanaka i kapa ʻia ʻo Bob ka kaikoʻeke i hala i kahi pōʻino pili i kāna maʻi Alzheimer. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi kelepona hou e pili ana i kekahi e hopohopo nei i ko lākou makuahine he 84 makahiki. Ke ʻike nei au: wahine, wahine, wahine, a ke noʻonoʻo nei au inā he maʻi kēia i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomālamalama i kēlā?

Kauka Leverenz :

Manaʻo wau ua lawa nā hōʻike i kēia manawa ua piʻi iki nā wahine i ka maʻi o Alzheimer. ʻAʻole koʻikoʻi ka ʻokoʻa he nui nā kāne i loaʻa i ka maʻi akā aia ka piʻi iki o ka pilikia o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne.

Mike McIntyre :

Ma ke ʻano o ka pilikia ke nānā nei au i kekahi o ka helu a ʻo 2/3 o nā helu o ʻAmelika me ka maʻi Alzheimer he mau wahine, ʻo ia kekahi mea e hoʻomau ʻole nei? No ka mea, he helu nui ka 2/3.

Kauka Leverenz :

Aia kekahi mea i kapa ʻia a kūʻokoʻa ola ma ʻaneʻi, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke ola ʻana o nā wahine a ʻo ka makahiki ke kumu nui o ka maʻi o Alzheimer. Hoʻohui ʻoe i kēlā mau helu ʻelua a ʻike ʻoe i ka nui o nā wahine me ka maʻi Alzheimer ma mua o nā kāne no ka mea ke ola nei lākou a hiki i ka ʻelemakule kahi e loaʻa ai ka maʻi.

Cheryl Kanetsky :

Manaʻo wau ʻo kekahi o nā mea e kahaha ai ka poʻe i ko lākou lohe ʻana i kēia, ʻo ia ka manawa o ka wahine ma kāna mau makahiki he 60, ʻoi aku ka pālua o ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi Alzheimer ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi umauma. Akā, mālama nā wāhine a pau i kēlā a nui kālā ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka noiʻi ʻana i ka maʻi kanesa o ka umauma a he mea kupanaha maoli nō naʻe.