"... pali mitundu ingapo ya matenda ochiritsika omwe angayambitse mavuto a kukumbukira. "

Sabata ino tikambirana za zokambirana zosangalatsa zomwe zikufotokoza zifukwa zokhalirabe ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi komanso malingaliro ndi njira zothandizira "kupewa" matenda a Alzheimer's ndi dementia. Kusintha kosangalatsa kwa chithandizo chamankhwala kumapita ku dongosolo lokhudzidwa kwambiri la odwala, tiyenera kuzindikira luso lathu kuti tichite zomwe tiyenera kuchita kuti tikhale athanzi komanso kukhala ndi moyo wautali. Ngakhale kuti kukumbukira ndi kwachibadwa kwa thupi lirilonse, monga "ndinayika kuti makiyi anga," ndikofunikira kudziwa pamene lingakhale vuto lomwe lingakhudze moyo wanu. Werengani m'masabata ano positi pamene tikukomedwa ndi Dr. Leverenz ndi Dr. Ashford pamene akugawana nafe nzeru zawo!

Mike McIntyre:

Dr. James Leverenz wochokera ku chipatala cha Cleveland abwera nafe.

Takulandilaninso ku Phokoso la Malingaliro, tikukamba za matenda a Alzheimer lero. Mwina mudawonapo usiku watha Julianne Moore adapambana wochita zisudzo wabwino kwambiri Oscar powonetsa munthu yemwe ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer's Komabe Alice. Tikulankhula za matendawa m'mawa uno kuyambira koyambirira komanso momwe zimakhalira nthawi zambiri ndi anthu okalamba komanso lingaliro lakuti chiwerengero cha Alzheimer's chikuyembekezeka kukwera kwambiri pamene chiwerengero cha anthu chikukula.

Dr. J Wesson Ashford ali nafenso, Wapampando wa Alzheimer's Foundation of America's Memory Screening Advisory Board.

Tiyeni tipeze funso kwa madokotala ndi akatswiri athu pano komanso tiyeni tiyambe ndi Scott ku Westpark, Scott talandiridwa kuwonetsero.

Scott:

Zikomo Mike ndili ndi funso, kodi Alzheimer yafala kwambiri ku United States kuposa momwe zilili padziko lonse lapansi ndipo ngati ndi choncho chifukwa chiyani? Gawo lachiwiri la funsolo lingakhale, kodi pali njira yomwe mungapewere izi popangitsa ubongo wanu kukhala wokangalika m'moyo wakale? Ndichotsa yankho lanu pamlengalenga.

Mike McIntyre:

Zikomo chifukwa cha mafunso: Dr. Leverenz, US motsutsana ndi mayiko ena…

Dr. Leverenz :

Momwe tingadziwire kuti ndi matenda omwe ali ndi mwayi wofanana, titero kunena kwake, ndipo zikuwoneka kuti zikukhudza anthu onse tikamayang'ana mafuko ndi mafuko osiyanasiyana. Ndikuganiza kuti pali odwala ambiri ngakhale ku United States, ndikuganiza kuti zambiri za anthu aku Africa America ndizochepa koma momwe tingadziwire kuti ndizofanana m'magulu angapo malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu.

Mike McIntyre:

Gawo lachiwiri la funso lake ndi lomwe anthu ambiri amafunsa, kodi mutha kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kapena kumwa vitamini kapena kuchitapo kanthu kuti muchepetse Alzheimer's?

Dr. Leverenz :

Ndikuganiza kuti ndi funso lalikulu ndipo ndikuganiza kuti detayo ndiyamphamvu kwambiri tsopano kuti kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kwenikweni kungakhale kothandiza ndipo ngakhale sikungapeweretu kuti mutenge matendawa kumathandiza kuti mupewe. Pali umboni wina wosonyeza kuti kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kungakhale kothandiza kotero ndimalimbikitsa anthu kuti azikhala ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi makamaka akamakalamba.

Mike McIntyre:

Nanga bwanji munthu amene wabwera kudzapezeka ndi matenda? Monga ndikumvetsetsa sikungachiritsidwe ndipo zolemba zomwe zatulutsidwa zimanena kuti sizingachedwe koma kodi pali chiyembekezo choti kuchitapo kanthu pambuyo pozindikira kuti kungakhale kothandiza?

Dr. Leverenz :

Ndikuganiza kuti pali, ndimalimbikitsa odwala anga onse kuti akhale okhudzidwa ndi thupi ndi m'maganizo ndipo pali njira zingapo zomwe zingakhale zothandiza, mwinamwake zotsatira zachindunji pa ubongo, timadziwa mwachitsanzo kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kumawonjezera zinthu zina za kukula kwa ubongo zomwe ali athanzi ku ubongo. Koma tikudziwanso kuti anthu akakhala ndi matenda ngati Alzheimer's disease ndipo apezanso matenda ena, tinene kuti omwe amalumikizidwa ndi kusachita zinthu zambiri monga matenda amtima kapena sitiroko omwe sachita bwino ndi omwewo kotero kuti kukhalabe ndi thanzi labwino kumakhala kokwanira. sungani Alzheimer's yanu, momwe tingathere, kutali.

Mike McIntyre:

Dr. Wes Ashford ndimadziwa bwanji kusiyana pakati pa kungokhala munthu woyiwala ndi munthu yemwe akuyenera kuda nkhawa ndi mtundu wamtunduwu kapena ngati ndi munthu wachikulire kapena mwana wanga wamwamuna wazaka 17 yemwe akuwoneka kuti satha kupeza makiyi ake. . Mutha kufika pomwe mumada nkhawa ndi matendawa monga "oh my gosh," kodi izi ndizizindikiro za munthu ali wamng'ono kwambiri kapena ineyo ndimayiwala zinthu nthawi zonse ndi chizindikiro chakuti tsiku lina ndidzayamba kukula. Alzheimer's ndipo ndikudabwa kuti malingaliro anu ali pati ndipo mwina ndikuyika mantha ena.

Dr. Ashford :

Ndikuganiza kuti mantha ndichinthu chomwe tithana nacho. Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zidanenedwa kale ndikuti pali anthu 5 miliyoni omwe ali nawo maganizo m'dziko lino akuti ndi matenda a Alzheimer's ndipo pali gawo pamaso pa izi, ndipo ena mwa maphunziro athu asonyeza, kwa zaka 10 pamaso kuti matenda enieni mukhoza kukhala ndi vuto kukumbukira. Chifukwa chake palibe anthu 5 miliyoni omwe ali ndi Alzheimer's ndi dementia pali anthu enanso 5 miliyoni omwe akudwala matenda a Alzheimer's omwe ali ndi nkhawa zomwe mukunena ndipo timakhulupirira ku Alzheimer's Foundation of America kuti ndikofunikira kuzindikira. kuti pali vuto ili kuti mukhale okhazikika. Yambitsani pulogalamu yanu yolimbitsa thupi msanga, yambani kusonkhezera maganizo mwamsanga, pali chiyanjano ndi matenda ochepa a Alzheimer's ndi maphunziro ochulukirapo kotero ngakhale mukufunikira kubwerera ndikupeza maphunziro achikulire mochedwa kuti mulimbikitse ubongo wanu, monga Dr. Leverenz adanena, onjezerani ntchito. Tikuganiza kuti kutenga kaimidwe kokhazikika pa izi, kufika Tsiku la National Memory Screening, zomwe timadutsa mu Alzheimer's Foundation of America tili ndi mayeso abwino kwambiri okumbukira pa intaneti otchedwa MemTrax pa MemTrax.com. Mutha kuyamba kuyang'anira kukumbukira kwanu ndikuwona ngati muli ndi vuto la kukumbukira koyambirira ndikuyamba kuchita zinthu zomwe Dr. Leverenz adalankhula kuti muchite zomwe mungathe pang'onopang'ono koma mukamayamba kuchepetsa izi bwino.

Mike McIntyre:

Nthawi zambiri ndimawona pa intaneti kuti pali mayeso ang'onoang'ono ngati minicog kapena Montreal kuwunika kwachidziwitso pali njira zosiyanasiyana zowonera kukumbukira kwanu. Ndikudabwa kuti ndi nzeru kuchita izi ndikungodzifufuza nokha kapena kungogwiritsa ntchito mukakhala ndi zovuta zokumbukira zomwe zimakhudza moyo wanu?

Dr. Ashford :

Pali mayeso osachepera zana ngati awa, tidapanga chinthu chotchedwa Brief Alzheimer's Screen, chomwe timagwiritsa ntchito limodzi ndi mini-cog pa Tsiku la National Memory Screening. Zinthu monga kuwunika kwa Montreal, kuwunika kwa St. Louise, ndi kachitidwe kakale kotchedwa Mayeso a Mini Mental Status zimachitidwa bwino kwambiri ku ofesi ya madotolo kapena ndi munthu wophunzitsidwa ndipo angalankhule nanu za izi. Lingaliro lokhala ndi zowonera mwachidule ndizosangalatsa kwambiri koma, kodi mungathe kuchita izi kunyumba? Zakhala zotsutsana kwambiri koma ndikukhulupirira ndi momwe tikupitira ndi chithandizo chamankhwala anthu akuyenera kukhala okhazikika pakusamalira nkhani zawo ndikudziyesa okha, ndichifukwa chake tili ndi MemTrax, kuyesa thandizani anthu kuti azitsatira kukumbukira kwawo komanso osati funso loti, kodi kukumbukira kwanu kuli koyipa lero, kapena kuli bwino lero, funso ndilakuti ndi njira yanji yomwe imachitika pakatha miyezi 6 kapena chaka, mukuipiraipira? Ndicho chimene tiyenera kuzindikira kuti ndicho chinthu chofunika kwambiri, kuti ngati muli ndi vuto kuposa momwe mukuyenera kupita kukaonana ndi dokotala wanu chifukwa pali mitundu ingapo ya zinthu zochiritsira zomwe zingayambitse vuto la kukumbukira: kusowa kwa B12, kuchepa kwa chithokomiro, sitiroko, ndi zina zambiri zomwe ziyenera kuthetsedwa.