Alzheimer's disease in old age may be the result of young age

For a long time, Alzheimer's disease was tied to old age.
People often feel that with age, the deterioration of the body's function, so that the patient's memory, understanding, judgment gradually declined, loss of self-care ability, a series of adverse consequences, and even life-threatening.
, unless the professional field, few people call it the academic name, but called it "Alzheimer's disease."
Alzheimer's disease, is the most common type of cognitive impairment in old age.
is a progressive deterioration of cognitive function caused by damage to nerve cells in the brain due to damage for some reason.
cognitive function in patients with cognitive impairment is much higher than normal aging.
occurs in old age or early old age, in addition to cognitive function symptoms such as memory loss, there will be neurological changes, language disorders and other neuropsychiatric symptoms.
alzheimer's disease is longer, the disease will worsen year by year, seriously affecting the patient's social, work and life ability, but also to the family and society to bring a heavy burden.
When we find that our beloved parents have become apathetic, forgetful, irritable, or have a significant personality change, we must attach great importance to taking them to the hospital neurology or geriatrics department as soon as possible.
we can't ignore early prevention just because Alzheimer's has the word old age.
according to a new 2020 study by the International Alzheimer's Association, the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment were already evident as early as the 20s.
can prevent cognitive impairment if these lifestyle and risk factors are addressed at a young age.
1, the cardiovascular disease cohort study found that people with cardiovascular diseases such as diabetes and hypertension in middle-aged and young age, especially during adolescence, had poorer cognitive function and a higher risk of developing cognitive impairment in later life.
because cardiovascular disease can cause blood vessels and neuropathy in the brain, brain metabolism and dysfunction, and so on, thereby impairing the cognitive function of the brain.
Prevention methods to develop a series of lifestyles conducive to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health, such as reasonable diet, smoking cessation limit alcohol, moderate exercise, regular rest, but also active treatment and control of high blood pressure, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc., will be able to reduce the risk of cognitive impairment in later life.
2, early adult obesity (20-49 years old), if there is a higher body mass index (BMI), overweight or obese, the risk of cognitive impairment in later life is higher.
, obese people are 2.5 times more likely to develop cognitive impairment in later life than those with a normal BMI in early adulthood, according to the study.
and obesity may affect cytokines and hormones in the body, indirectly affecting blood vessel health in the brain.
too much fat can also lead to the deposition of amyloid proteins in the brain, causing brain damage.
: Brain amyloid deposits are a major lesions associated with Alzheimer's disease.
prevention methods to avoid overweight and obesity, in early adulthood (20-49 years old) to maintain a normal body shape, BMI is controlled in the range of 18.5-23.9 kg/m2.
should also be alert to visceral fat, to avoid abdominal obesity, male waist-to-hip ratio should not be greater than 0.9, women should not be greater than 0.8.
3, the quality of early education in the United States, a cohort study of older Americans showed that people with high-quality schooling in childhood had a lower risk of cognitive impairment in later life and less likely to experience decline in memory and language function.
this may be due to the fact that people with high-quality education in childhood end up with longer years of education, which can lead to better brain function.
prevention methods bao parents pay more attention to their children's learning, to ensure that children read high-quality primary and secondary schools, access to better basic education, can reduce the risk of cognitive impairment in the future.