“… empeleni kunezinhlobo ezimbalwa zezimo ezilapheka ezingase zidale izinkinga zenkumbulo. "

Kuleli sonto sihlola ingxoxo ethakazelisayo echaza izizathu zokuhlala umatasa ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo kanye nezindlela zokusiza “ukuvala,” isifo i-Alzheimer kanye nokuwohloka komqondo. Ushintsho olujabulisayo ekunakekelweni kwezempilo luqhubekela ohlelweni olubandakanyeka kakhulu esigulini, kufanele sibambe amakhono ethu okwenza lokho okufanele sikwenze ukuze sihlale sinempilo futhi siphile isikhathi eside. Nakuba ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo kungokwemvelo kuwo wonke umzimba, njengokuthi “ngibabekephi okhiye bami,” kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi kungase kube nini inkinga ezothinta impilo yakho. Funda kulokhu okuthunyelwe kwebhulogi yamasonto njengoba sijabulela uDkt. Leverenz kanye noDkt. Ashford njengoba behlanganyela nathi ukuhlakanipha kwabo!

UMike McIntyre:

UDkt. James Leverenz ovela emtholampilo waseCleveland uzobe ehlanganyela nathi.

Siyakwamukela futhi ku- Umsindo Wemibono, sikhuluma ngesifo se-Alzheimer namuhla. Kungenzeka ukuthi ubonile izolo ebusuku uJulianne Moore ewina umlingisi ohamba phambili u-Oscar ngokuveza isisulu se-Alzheimer's esaqala ekuqaleni. Kusenjalo u-Alice. Sikhuluma ngalesi sifo namuhla ekuseni kokubili ukuqala kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kanye nokuqala okuvamile okuvame kakhulu kubantu asebekhulile kanye nombono wokuthi amazinga e-Alzheimer's kulindeleke ukuthi akhuphuke kakhulu njengoba inani labantu likhula.

UDkt. J Wesson Ashford unathi futhi, uSihlalo we I-Alzheimer's Foundation of America's Ibhodi Lokweluleka Lokuhlolwa Kwenkumbulo.

Masitholele odokotela nochwepheshe bethu umbuzo lapha futhi masiqale ngoScott eWestpark, Scott wamukelekile ohlelweni.

Scott:

Ngiyabonga Mike nginombuzo, ingabe i-Alzheimer idlange kakhulu e-United States kunasemhlabeni jikelele futhi uma kunjalo kungani? Ingxenye yesibili yalowo mbuzo ingaba, ingabe ikhona indlela ongakuvimbela ngayo lokhu ngokugcina ubuchopho bakho busebenza kakhulu empilweni yakudala? Ngizoyisusa emoyeni impendulo yakho.

UMike McIntyre:

Siyabonga ngemibuzo: UDkt. Leverenz, US ngokumelene namanye amazwe...

UDkt. Leverenz :

Kahle kahle singasho ukuthi lesi yisifo esingamathuba alinganayo, futhi sibonakala sithinta zonke izinhlanga njengoba sibheka izinhlanga nezinhlanga ezahlukene. Ngicabanga ukuthi kunezibalo ezithile zeziguli ngisho nase-United States, ngicabanga ukuthi idatha yabantu base-Afrika baseMelika ilinganiselwe kodwa ngokusemandleni singasho ukuthi iyafana kuzo zonke izakhamuzi eziningi ngokuya ngemvamisa.

UMike McIntyre:

Ingxenye yesibili yombuzo wakhe iwumbuzo abantu abaningi abawubuzayo, ungakwazi yini ukusebenzisa ubuchopho bakho noma uphuze ivithamini noma wenze okuthile ukuze ugweme i-Alzheimer's?

UDkt. Leverenz :

Ngicabanga ukuthi lowo ngumbuzo omuhle kakhulu futhi ngicabanga ukuthi idatha inamandla kakhulu manje njengoba ukuvivinya umzimba kwangempela kungaba usizo futhi nakuba kungenakuvinjelwa ngokuphelele ukuthi uzosithola lesi sifo kuyasiza ngempela ekusigwemeni. Kunobunye ubufakazi bokuthi ukusebenza kwengqondo kungase kube usizo ngakho-ke ngivame ukukhuthaza abantu ukuthi basebenze ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo ikakhulukazi njengoba bekhula.

UMike McIntyre:

Kuthiwani ngomuntu ongenayo futhi waxilongwa? Njengoba ngiqonda ukuthi angelapheki futhi nezincwadi ezikhishiwe zithi ngeke zehliswe nokuncishiswa kodwa ingabe likhona ithemba lokuthi ukwenzeka ngemva kokuxilongwa kungase kube usizo?

UDkt. Leverenz :

Ngicabanga ukuthi kukhona, ngikhuthaza zonke iziguli zami ukuba zisebenze ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo futhi kunezindlela eziningi ezingasiza, mhlawumbe kukhona imiphumela eqondile ebuchosheni, siyazi ngokwesibonelo ukusebenza ngokomzimba kwandisa izici ezithile zokukhula kobuchopho ukuthi zinempilo ebuchosheni. Kodwa futhi siyazi ukuthi uma abantu benesifo esifana nesifo i-Alzheimer's bese bethola esinye isifo, yithi esihlobene nokushoda komsebenzi njengesifo senhliziyo noma isifo sohlangothi ukuthi abahambi kahle nalabo ngakho-ke ukuhlala unempilo enhle kuya ngokuya kuba nzima. gcina i-Alzheimer's yakho, ngokusemandleni ethu, kude.

UMike McIntyre:

UDkt. Wes Ashford ngiwazi kanjani umehluko phakathi kokuba umuntu okhohlwayo kanye nomuntu okufanele akhathazeke ngalolu hlobo lwento noma ukuthi umuntu osekhulile noma indodana yami eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala okubonakala sengathi ngeke akwazi ukuthola okhiye bakhe. . Ungafika lapho ukhathazeka ngalesi sifo njengokuthi “oh nkosi yami,” ingabe lokhu kuyinkomba yokuthi othile ngisemncane kakhulu noma mina ngikhohlwa izinto ngaso sonke isikhathi kuyinkomba yokuthi ngandlela thize ngizokhula ngolunye usuku. I-Alzheimer's futhi ngiyazibuza ukuthi ithini imibono yakho ngalokho futhi mhlawumbe ubeke okunye ukwesaba.

UDkt. Ashford :

Ngicabanga ukuthi ukwesaba yinto esizoyilungisa ngqo. Okunye okwashiwo phambilini ukuthi kunabantu abayizigidi ezi-5 abanazo ukuwohloka komqondo kuleli zwe kuthiwa kungenxa yesifo i-Alzheimer futhi kunesigaba ngaphambi kwalokhu, futhi ezinye zezifundo zethu ziye zabonisa, iminyaka engu-10 ngaphambi kwalokho ukuxilongwa kwangempela ungaba nezinkinga zenkumbulo. Ngakho-ke akukhona nje abantu abayizigidi ezi-5 abane-Alzheimer kanye nokuwohloka komqondo kukhona abanye abantu abayizigidi ezi-5 abahlakulela isifo i-Alzheimer abanokukhathazeka ngenkumbulo okhuluma ngakho ngakho sikholelwa ku-Alzheimer's Foundation of America ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukukubona. ukuthi kukhona le nkinga ukuze ukwazi ukusukumela phezulu. Qala uhlelo lwakho lokuzivocavoca kusenesikhathi, qala ukuvuselela ingqondo kusenesikhathi, kukhona ukuhlotshaniswa nesifo se-Alzheimer kanye nemfundo eyengeziwe ngakho ngisho noma udinga ukuphindela emuva uyothola imfundo yabantu abadala sekwephuzile ukuze ukhuthaze ubuchopho bakho, njengoba uDkt. Leverenz esho, khulisa amandla akho. umsebenzi. Sicabanga ukuthi ukuthatha isinyathelo esisheshayo kulokhu, sifinyelele Usuku Lukazwelonke Lokuhlola Inkumbulo, esisebenza nge-Alzheimer's Foundation of America sinesivivinyo esihle kakhulu senkumbulo ku-inthanethi esibizwa nge-MemTrax ku- I-MemTrax.com. Ungaqala ukuqapha inkumbulo yakho futhi ubone ukuthi ingabe ngempela unenkinga yenkumbulo kusenesikhathi futhi uqale ngempela ukwenza uhlobo lwezinto uDkt. Leverenz akhulume ngazo ukuze wenze okusemandleni akho okungenani wehlise ijubane lokhu kodwa uma uqala ukunensa lokhu kuba ngcono.

UMike McIntyre:

Ngibona kaningi ku-inthanethi ukuthi kukhona izivivinyo ezincane ezifana ne-minicog noma i-Montreal ukuhlola kwengqondo kukhona zonke izinhlobo zezindlela zokuhlola inkumbulo yakho. Ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe lokhu kuhlakaniphe ukwenza lokho futhi uzihlole wena noma usebenzise lokho uma unezinkinga zenkumbulo ezithinta impilo yakho?

UDkt. Ashford :

Kukhona okungenani izivivinyo eziyikhulu ezinjengalezi, senze okuthile okubizwa ngokuthi Isikrini Esifushane Se-Alzheimer's, esisisebenzisa kanye ne-mini-cog ngoSuku Lukazwelonke Lokuhlola Inkumbulo. Izinto ezifana nokuhlolwa kweMontreal, ukuhlolwa kwaseSt. Louise, kanye nemfashini endala ebizwa ngokuthi Ukuhlolwa Kwesimo Sengqondo Esincane zenziwa kahle kakhulu ehhovisi likadokotela noma ngumuntu oqeqeshiwe futhi ongakhuluma nawe ngakho. Umqondo wokuba nezikrini ezifushane uyathandeka kakhulu kodwa, ungakwenza lokhu ekhaya? Kuke kwaba nezimpikiswano kakhulu kodwa ngikholwa wukuthi ngendlela esihamba ngayo nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kuzomele abantu baqinise kakhulu ekunakekeleni izindaba zabo futhi bazihlolele okwabo, yingakho sineMemTrax, ukuzama siza abantu balandele inkumbulo yabo and its not just a question of , ngabe inkumbulo yakho imbi namhlanje, or is good today, umbuzo uthi ithini i trajectory over a period of say 6 months or a year, are you getting worse? Yilokho okudingeka sikubone njengento ebaluleke kakhulu, ukuthi uma unenkinga kunokuba udinga ukuya kudokotela wakho ngoba empeleni kunezinhlobo eziningana zezimo ezilapheka ezingase zidale izinkinga zenkumbulo: ukuntuleka kwe-B12, ukuntuleka kwe-thyroid, unhlangothi, nezinye izinto eziningi ezidinga ukulungiswa.