I-MemTrax Ilandelela Izinkinga Zenkumbulo
Ukukhohlwa Izinto Ezincane
Izinkinga zenkumbulo zingenzeka kunoma ubani: ukukhohlwa ukuthi bakhuphukeleni phezulu; ulahlekile usuku lwesikhumbuzo noma usuku lokuzalwa; bedinga umuntu ukuthi aphinde abakushilo isikhashana nje ngaphambili. Izinga elithile lokukhohlwa liyinto evamile, kodwa kungase kube ukukhathazeka uma kwenzeka njalo, ikakhulukazi njengoba umuntu ekhula. I-MemTrax ithuthukise umdlalo ivumela abantu ngabanye ukuthi bazihlole futhi ulandelele ukusebenza kwenkumbulo yabo. Yathuthukiswa ngokwesayensi ngaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi ngokubambisana ne-Stanford Medicine, ye-Medicare's Annual Wellness Visitor, futhi ingasiza ekuboneni izinkinga zenkumbulo nokufunda.
Ukwanda kokukhohlwa akuyona inkinga. Ubuchopho buyisitho esimatasa, esinoxhaxha olukhulu lwezisusa nolwazi oluzoluhlunga, lugcinwe, futhi lubeke phambili. Lokhu kubeka eqhulwini yikho ngezinye izikhathi okuholela ekulahlekeni kwemininingwane engabalulekile kakhulu: lapho kukhona izibuko zokufunda akubalulekile njengokukhumbula ukuyolanda izingane esikoleni. Njengoba abantu bephila ukuphila okumatasa, akumangazi ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi imininingwane iyashelela phakathi kwemifantu.
Inkumbulo Nokucindezeleka
Ucwaningo lwango-2012 eNyuvesi yaseWisconsin-Madison lwabheka ama-neurons angawodwana ku-prefrontal cortex yobuchopho, ekhuluma ngenkumbulo esebenzayo, ukuze abone ukuthi asebenze kanjani ngaphansi kwethonya lokuphazamiseka. Njengoba amagundane egijima ezungeza i-maze eklanyelwe ukuhlola le ndawo yobuchopho, ososayensi bawadlalela umsindo omhlophe. Kwanele ukuphazamisa ukwehlisa izinga lempumelelo elingamaphesenti angama-90 libe ngamaphesenti angama-65. Esikhundleni sokugcina ulwazi olubalulekile, ama-neuron amagundane asabela ngokuxhamazela kwezinye iziphazamiso ekamelweni. Ngokusho kweNyuvesi, okufanayo ukukhubazeka kubonakala ezimfeneni nakubantu.
Ukukhohlwa kukhathaza ikakhulukazi njengoba abantu bekhula. Olunye ucwaningo, kulokhu olwenziwa yiNyuvesi yase-Edinburgh ngo-2011, lubhekisiswe ngqo izinkinga zenkumbulo ezihlobene neminyaka kanye nokucindezeleka. Ngokukhethekile, ucwaningo lwaphenya imiphumela ye- i-hormone yokucindezeleka i-cortisol ebuchosheni obudala. Ngenkathi i-cortisol isiza inkumbulo ngamanani amancane, uma amazinga esephezulu kakhulu yenza i-receptor ebuchosheni ingasebenzi kahle. Nakuba lokhu kungase kube yingxenye yenqubo yokuhlunga yemvelo yobuchopho, esikhathini eside kuphazamisa izinqubo ezihilelekile ekugcinweni kwenkumbulo kwansuku zonke. Amagundane amadala anamazinga aphezulu e-cortisol atholwe engakwazi ukuzulazula ku-maze kunalawo angenayo. Lapho i-receptor ethinteke i-cortisol ivinjiwe, inkinga yahlehliswa. Lolu cwaningo luholele ekutheni abacwaningi babheke izindlela zokuvimbela ukukhiqizwa kwamahomoni okucindezeleka, okunomthelela ongaba khona ekwelashweni okuzayo kokuncipha kwenkumbulo ehlobene neminyaka.
Kuyini I-Memory Loss Inkinga?
Ngokusho kwe-FDA, indlela engcono kakhulu yokubona ukuthi ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo kuyinkinga kulapho kuqala ukuphazamisa ukuphila kwansuku zonke: “Uma ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo kuvimbela othile ekwenzeni imisebenzi abengenayo inkinga yokuyenza ngaphambili—njengokulinganisa ibhuku lokuhlola, ukuhambisana nenhlanzeko yomuntu siqu, noma ukushayela uzungeze—lokho kufanele kubhekwe.” Ngokwesibonelo, ukukhohlwa ngokuphindaphindiwe izikhathi ezimisiwe, noma ukubuza umbuzo ofanayo izikhathi eziningana engxoxweni, kuyizimbangela zokukhathazeka. Lolu hlobo lokulahlekelwa inkumbulo, ikakhulukazi uma luba lubi kakhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kufanele lubangele ukuvakashela kudokotela.
Udokotela uzothatha umlando wezokwelapha futhi ahlole umzimba kanye nezinzwa ukuze akhiphe noma yiziphi ezinye izimbangela, njengemithi, ukutheleleka, noma ukuntuleka kokudla okunomsoco. Bazophinde babuze imibuzo ukuze bahlole amandla engqondo esiguli. Yilolu hlobo lokuhlola igeyimu ye-MemTrax esekelwe kukho, ngokukhethekile ukukhetha uhlobo lwezinkinga zenkumbulo ezihlobene nokuguga njengokuwohloka komqondo, Ukukhubazeka Kokuqonda Okumaphakathi, nesifo i-Alzheimer's. Izikhathi zokusabela ziyahlolwa, kanye nezimpendulo ezinikezwayo, futhi kungathatha izikhathi eziningi ukubonisa noma yiziphi izinguquko kunkinga engaba khona. Kukhona futhi amazinga ahlukene obunzima.
Ukuvimbela Ukulahleka Kwenkumbulo
Kunezindlela eziningi zokuvikela ekulahlekelweni inkumbulo. Indlela yokuphila enempilo, isibonelo, ukungabhemi, ukuvivinya umzimba njalo, nokudla okunempilo, kuyaziwa ukuthi kunomthelela - kungakhathaliseki ubudala. Ukwengeza, ukugcina ingqondo isebenza ngokufunda, ukubhala, nemidlalo efana ne-chess, kungaba nomthelela wokuvikela ezinkingeni zenkumbulo ezihambisana neminyaka yakamuva. Isazi se-Neuropsychologist uRobert Wilson uthi ukuthi "Indlela yokuphila evuselela ingqondo isiza ukufaka isandla ekugcinweni kwengqondo futhi ikuvumela ukuthi ubekezelele lawa ma-pathologies ahlobene neminyaka yobudala kangcono kunomuntu oke waphila impilo engasebenzi ngokusebenza kwengqondo".
Kulokhu imidlalo yokuhlola inkumbulo, njenge-MemTrax naleyo etholakala njengezinhlelo zokusebenza zefoni ehlakaniphile nethebhulethi, ingase yona ngokwayo ibambe iqhaza ekuvikeleni inkumbulo. Imidlalo yakhelwe ukuthi ijabulise futhi ishukumise ingqondo, futhi ukujabulela umsebenzi wobuhlakani yingxenye ebalulekile yenzuzo yayo. Njengoba izinsiza ziphendukela ezidingweni zabantu abadala, i-MemTrax ngokuzayo ingase ivumele amageyimu ukuthi adlale indima ebalulekile ekutholeni nasekuvimbeleni ukulahleka kwenkumbulo okuhlobene nobudala.
Ibhalwe ngu: Lisa Barker