“Ke ngoko, isifo sika-Alzheimer siphantse saphela kodwa abantu abafuni kujongana naloo nto.”

Kule veki siqwalasela ngokunzulu imfuza kunye nemingcipheko yesifo sika-Alzheimer. Uninzi lwabantu alufuni ukwazi ukuba ngaba baxhomekeke kwimfuza kwaye ngesizathu esihle, kunokothusa. Ngeentlobo zethu eziguqukayo kwaye ziphila ixesha elide ndiyakholelwa ukuba abantu baya kufuna ukwazi ngakumbi, njengoko sifumanisa iindlela ezintsha zokuthintela isifo sengqondo esixhalabisayo kwaye siqala ukuthatha indlela ekhawulezileyo kwimpilo yethu yobuqu. Yiloo nto endigcina ndinomdla wokuphuhlisa I-MemTrax kuba ukuqhubela phambili njengabantu kufuneka senze konke esinako ukuze sifunde ngakumbi ngemizimba neengqondo zethu.

UMike McIntyre :

Ndiyazibuza oogqirha, siva malunga noqhagamshelwano lwezofuzo apha, ubuncinane uxhulumaniso lwentsapho kwimeko kaJoan kodwa ngaba i-Alzheimer's isoloko ngaloo ndlela uDkt Leverenz noDkt Ashford? Ngaba kuhlala kukho icandelo lemfuzo okanye ngaba ngamanye amaxesha kwenza abantu bakhululeke xa besithi "Andizange ndibe nayo le nto kusapho lwam, andikwazi ukuyifumana."

UGqr. Leverenz :

Ndicinga ukuba siyayazi iminyaka ngoyena mngcipheko mkhulu wesifo i-Alzheimer's. Kukho amacandelo ezahlukeneyo zofuzo, kukho ezinye iintsapho ezinqabileyo apho okunene ilifa uguquko kwimfuza ebangela isifo kwaye ngokusisiseko ube 100% umngcipheko kwaye abo bantu banokuba nokuqala kwangethuba kakhulu nakwi-30 kunye nama-40 kwaye uya kubona. imbali yosapho olomeleleyo ukuba. Sifumanisa ukuba kukho imingcipheko yemfuza ephathwa ngabantu njenge Ufuzo lwe-APOE oko kwandisa umngcipheko wakho kodwa akuthethi ukuba uya kuyifumana ngokuqinisekileyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo sinomdla kakhulu kwezo zinto zomngcipheko. isixelela ntoni ngesi sifo. Ndicinga ukuba ezi zinto zinobungozi zinokuthi zisixelele indlela abantu abasabela ngayo kumayeza ngoko ke sinomdla kakhulu ekugcineni ezi zinto engqondweni njengoko siphuhlisa unyango olungcono lwe-Alzheimer's.

UMike McIntyre :

UGqr Ashford ubona abantu abaninzi abafuna ukuhlolwa abanexhala malunga necandelo lemfuzo kwaye unika ibhunga elinjani?

UGqr. Ashford :

Kulungile ndicinga ukuba enye yeengxaki kukuba abantu abaqondi ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani icandelo le-genetic factor. Umahluko phakathi kwezinto zemfuza ezenzeka kwiminyaka yama-30 nama-40 kunye nezo zenzeka kamva kukuba, xa isifo sivela kamva, njengabasetyhini, kunokwenzeka ukuba ufe ngenye into nangona unobungozi bemfuza. . Ke ngengqiqo ubukhulu becala ngumngcipheko kwaye abantu abafuni kwazi malunga nemingcipheko yabo. Kukho le nto yofuzo ekhankanywe nguDkt Leverenz, i-APOE, kwaye kukho i-allele ye-50 engaqhelekanga kodwa yona ngokwayo i-akhawunti ubuncinane i-4% okanye i-60% ye-Alzheimer's disease. Kukho enye into enobungozi kwi-APOE 70 apho ukuba abantu baneekopi ze-2 zaloo nto yofuzo banokuphila kwi-2 kwaye bangafumani isifo se-Alzheimer. Ngoko ke ngengqiqo yokuba isifo sika-Alzheimer siphantse siphelele kwimfuza kodwa abantu abafuni kujongana naloo nto.

Kukho imiba yesibini yemfuza esingayiqondi kakuhle ukuba uya kufumana iminyaka emi-5 ngaphambili kwiminyaka emi-5 emncinci ngokuxhomekeke kuhlobo lwakho lofuzo. Kunokuba kukho ezinye izinto ezinobungozi kwintlalontle kodwa ndicinga ukuba asiyi kubamba isifo se-Alzheimer kwaye asiyi kuthintela de siqonde ngokucacileyo ukuba yintoni le nto ye-APOE yofuzo kunye nokuba zeziphi ezinye izinto eziguqulayo. yona. Ngoko imfuzo kum ibaluleke kakhulu. Ubukhulu becala abantu abafuni kwazi ngayo.

UMike McIntyre :

Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba awuyi kufumana i-Alzheimer ukuba abazali bakho abazange bafumane okanye ootatomkhulu nomakhulu wakho abayifumananga? Unokuba ngowokuqala?

UGqr. Ashford :

Imiba yayo yemfuza ukuze abazali bakho baphathe enye yemfuza kwaye bobabini abazali banokuthi baphathe enye ye-APOE 4 yofuzo kwaye unokugqiba nge-2 kubo okanye awuzange uphelele kuyo nayiphi na kuzo. Ke kuya kufuneka wazi uhlobo oluthile lwemfuzo, hayi nje ukuba yintoni imbali yosapho lwakho.

Xhasa amalinge ethu e-Alzheimer kwaye utyale imali kwimpilo yengqondo yakho. Bhalisela iakhawunti yeMemTrax kunye negalelo kwinjongo elungileyo. UGqr. Ashford ucebisa ukuba wenze uvavanyo lwememori ye-intanethi ubuncinane kanye ngenyanga kodwa unokuthatha iimvavanyo ezintsha ngeveki okanye yonke imihla.