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Sifuna ukuqala okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi leminyaka ngokuqhubeka kwethu kwe I-Alzheimer's Speaks Radio Talk Show. Siqhubeka nengxoxo yethu njengoba u-Lori no-Wes benikeza ukulandisa kwabo siqu ngendlela abasingatha ngayo isifo i-Alzheimer's lapho bethulwa abazali babo. Sibheke phambili onyakeni omuhle wokukhula nentuthuko njengoba i-MemTrax iqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngohlelo olusha ukuhlolwa kwengqondo, amathiphu okuguga awusizo, kanye nesiphakeli senkundla yezokuxhumana esisebenzayo esigcwele izindaba eziwusizo, zakamuva, eziphathelene nempilo yobuchopho.

Lori:

Nginombuzo kuwe. Ngazi abantu abaningi emphakathini ukuwohloka komqondo Sebebonke baphatheke kabi ukuthi izibalo zehlile, ingxenye yakhona wukuthi abantu bakhathazekile ngokuthi bekungathathwa njengento ebaluleke kakhulu, ngokwesidingo soxhaso. Abantu bakhathazekile ngokuthi ngenxa yokuthi sizwa okwengeziwe ngalokho kuwohloka komqondo kwe-Lewybody kanye nokuwohloka komqondo okungokwesikhashana okungaphambili futhi kungase kungabi ngaphansi kwaleso sihloko futhi izinombolo zingabonakala zizincane kodwa zingolunye nje uhlobo lokuwohloka komqondo. Ithini imibono yakho ngalokho?

UDkt. Ashford :

Ngicabanga ukuthi lokho okubonisa idatha yokuhlolwa kwesidumbu, sibheka abantu ngemva kokufa, kubaluleke kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyinto enhle kakhulu ukubuka ubuchopho bomuntu ukubona ukuthi kwenzekani ngempela, uCurtis usevele wayiveza indaba yokuthi ubaba unesifo sokuwohloka komqondo, engaba neshwa lokumbuka ekubeni nenkumbulo enhle kakhulu aze alahlekelwe kancane kancane. inkumbulo yakhe. Lapho ekugcineni edlula ngabhekisisa ubuchopho bakhe ukuthi kwenzakalani ngempela.

Kwavela ukuthi wayenokuwohloka komqondo kwesikhashana okumaphakathi kuya kokuqina okukhulu kwe-fronto, ukuwohloka komqondo okumaphakathi kuya kokuqina kwemithambo yegazi, kanye nesifo i-Alzheimer's esimaphakathi kuya komaphakathi. Wayeneminyaka engu-88 lapho eshona futhi njengoba ukhula uba nezinto eziningi ngokwengeziwe. Ubebuye futhi egibele ibhayisikili lakhe ngaphandle kwesigqoko sokuzivikela ngakho ngiyazi ukuthi wayenezinkinga eziningana ekhanda lapho ewile. Wayengomunye wabaphuza kakhulu eSan Francisco iminyaka eminingana, nakuba engakaze abe nenkinga ngakho. Wayenezinga eliphansi kakhulu le-b-12 engake ngalibona, wayengahambisani nesibhamu sakhe se-b-12. Into ukuthi isifo i-Alzheimer njengawe sabika ukuthi umama wakho wayenaso kusukela eminyakeni yakhe yama-50, ukukhathazeka kulokho, ngaphandle uma wayenolunye lwezakhi zofuzo ezingavamile, ukuthi cishe wayenezakhi zofuzo ezi-2 ze-APOE 4. Lezi yizakhi zofuzo engicabanga ukuthi zibaluleke kakhulu kithi ukuba siziqonde ukuze sibone ukuthi asikwazi yini ukuvimbela isifo i-Alzheimer okungenani kubantu abaneminyaka engaphansi kwama-80 ubudala. I I-APOE amakhodi wofuzo weprotheyini elawula i-cholesterol, ngakho-ke ukuphathwa kwe-cholesterol, ngicabanga, kuzoba yisici esibucayi kakhulu kithina ukuze sikuqonde kangcono ukuvimbela isifo i-Alzheimer futhi singasilawuli emzimbeni kodwa empeleni sisilawule ebuchosheni ngoba I-cholesterol iyisici esikhulu sobuchopho. Kubaluleke kakhulu kithi ukuthi sazi zonke lezi zinto, uma siqeda isifo i-Alzheimer's abantu bazokhula futhi babe nezinye izinhlobo zokuwohloka komqondo, ngakho-ke kufanele sikhathazeke ngazo zonke lezi zinto.

Lori:

Ngiyavuma, ngivuma ngokuphelele. Nginomama akazange axilongelwe ngokusemthethweni kwaze kwaba seminyakeni yama-60 ngoba iminyaka eyi-10 kwakuwuhlobo nje lwe-poo ehambisana namahomoni ngaleso sikhathi. Lapho ekugcineni sesimhlolile waba nokuhlolwa kwemibuzo eyi-10 futhi ngenxa yokuthi wayenosuku oluhle waphasa ngakho kwakungasangeneki.

Lapho ubaba egula samthatha ukuze ayohlolwa kabanzi futhi benza ukuhlolwa kwezinsuku ezi-2 noma ezi-3 futhi ngaleso sikhathi kwakunyantisa kabi kuye. Yabuya imiphumela yokuhlolwa; wayenomqondo wengane eneminyaka emithathu ubudala ungamvumeli asuke phambi kwakho. Bekuyizindaba ezesabekayo nezesabekayo ukuthola yize sabona ukwehla futhi sazi njengomndeni futhi sazizwa njengomndeni, kodwa odokotela babesabeka.

Ngazi kanjani ukuthi nginesifo i-Alzheimer's?

Ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba wawushilo ukuthi odokotela namuhla badinga imfundo eyengeziwe, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi kwakubi kakhulu, mayelana nokuzama ukufinyelela ekugcineni. Ngizwa mihla namalanga indaba ikhuluma ngabantu abaya kodokotela ukuthi belashwa kanjani futhi baxilongwa kanjani futhi kunzima futhi kubuhlungu kanjani ukuthi bahlangane bangabi na support noma baxilongwe kuthiwe babuye futhi ngibona 9 months or 12 months or nansi inombolo ku-Alzheimer's Association futhi yilokho. Bavele bakhungathekile futhi kuningi okumele sikushintshe.

Kuyajabulisa, ngijabule kakhulu ukubona imiphakathi enobungane bokuwohloka komqondo kanye namabhizinisi eqala ukuvela kanye nabashampeli bokuwohloka komqondo futhi kunokuningi emaphephandabeni ngakho, ngicabanga ukuthi konke lokho kuyimibono emihle, ngingathanda ukubona ezinye izindaba ezinhle. mayelana nesifo, konke ukubhubha nobumnyama futhi yilokho okwesabisa abantu ukuthi baphume futhi bathole ihlolwe kungenxa yokuthi konke kuyinhlekelele nesigayegaye. Kufanele sinikeze abantu ithemba nokweseka kulolu hlelo noma bengafuni ukuthola ngenxa yazo zonke izinto ezimbi ezihambisana nalo. Sinomgwaqo omude wokugeja.