Ngaba abasetyhini bafumana isifo se-Alzheimer ngaphezu kwaMadoda?
Kule veki sibuza oogqirha kunye nabaxhasi be-Alzheimer's ukuba kutheni amanani kwi-Alzheimer's ethelekelelwa ngokubhekisele kwabasetyhini. I-2/3 yeemeko ze-Alzheimer ezixeliweyo eMelika ngabasetyhini! Kubonakala ngathi yinto enkulu kodwa qhubeka ufunda ukuze ufumanise ukuba kutheni…
UMike McIntyre :
Besincokola no UJoan Euronus, one-Alzheimer's, wafunyaniswa eneminyaka engama-62 ubudala. Ngaphambilana sasikhe safowunelwa yindoda egama linguBob owayengudadebomfazi owasweleka kwintlekele eyayihlobene nesifo sika-Alzheimer. Siye saphinda sabanomnye umnxeba malunga nomntu oxhalabileyo ngomama wabo oneminyaka engama-84 ubudala. Ndiyaqaphela: mfazi, mfazi, mfazi, kwaye ndiyazibuza ukuba esi sisifo sixhaphake kakhulu kwabasetyhini kunokuba singamadoda ngaba ungasikhanyisela kuloo nto?
UGqr. Leverenz :
Ndicinga ukuba kukho ubungqina obaneleyo ngoku ukuba abasetyhini basengozini yokwanda kancinane kwi-Alzheimer's disease. Umahluko awukho kakhulu ngokuqinisekileyo kukho amadoda amaninzi afumana esi sifo kodwa kukho ukonyuka okuncinci komngcipheko kubasetyhini ngaphezu kwamadoda.
UMike McIntyre :
Ngokubhekiselele kumngcipheko ndandijonge ezinye zenani kunye ne-2/3 yamanani amaMerika anesifo sika-Alzheimer ngabasetyhini, ngaba loo nto ayiqhubekiyo ukuthambekela? Kuba u-2/3's ubonakala njengenani elibalulekileyo.
UGqr. Leverenz :
Kukho into ebizwa ngokuba yi-a ukuphila ecaleni apha apho abafazi badla ngokuphila ixesha elide kwaye ubudala yeyona nto inobungozi kwisifo sika-Alzheimer. Ubeka la manani mabini kunye kwaye ubona abasetyhini abaninzi abane-Alzheimer's kunamadoda kuba bayasinda ukuya kwiminyaka yobudala apho banokusifumana khona isifo.
UCheryl Kanetsky:
Ndicinga ukuba enye yezinto eyothusayo ebantwini xa besiva oku kuxa ibhinqa elikwiminyaka yakhe yama-60 linethuba eliphindwe kabini ebomini bakhe lokuba nesifo sika-Alzheimer kunomhlaza wamabele. Nangona kunjalo bonke abafazi bayayikhathalela loo nto kwaye imali eninzi ifakwe kuphando lomhlaza wamabele kwaye kodwa amathuba okuba ayamangalisa ngokwenene.