More women get Alzheimer’s than men. This cannot be done just because they live for a long time
Working in three full -time jobs, raising children and bending their blooming garden: Anjeet Cocx says that her mother, Sonia Elizabeth Cox, never slowly slowed down a lifetime.
Then, at the age of 64, a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s slammed the brake on a vibrant life created for a lively life after immigration from Jamaica in 1985.
“Symptoms started very fast,” Cox said about his mother.
Cox said, “She first forgot my father, and she was unable to respond to my brother, so I became a care provider for her.” Sonia Elizabeth died late last year after years of battling Alzheimer’s.
More women are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease compared to men. In developed countries, studies suggest About two-thirds of the Alzheimer’s people are women. It is also a pattern seen in Canada, where about two-thirds of people are suffering from dementia, according to the final count. Statistics Canada,
Scientists have long explained it with a simple demographic fact: women last long, and age is a strong risk factor for the development of dementia.
But that understanding is changing now.
While age is still considered a significant risk, scientists are fast feeling other aspects – both biological and sociological – can play an important role in making women susceptible to Alzheimer’s development.
Initial menopause under the age of 40, according to several recent studies, risk diagnosing Alzheimer’s for women. The disease unevenly affects women on men, and scientists say that the reasons need to be further investigated.
“I think we are beginning to be at a divine point,” Gilian Einstein said, who study how sex and sex can affect a person’s risk for the development of dementia, as part of the Canadian consortium when degeneration and aging.
“I think you can feel it here,” he said, pointing to the Metro Toronto Convention Center, where Alzheimer’s researchers collected for the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in late July.
“Sex differences, or women have too many sessions on health.”
Hormones, children and menopause
Alzheimer’s disease is Most common form According to the World Health Organization, dementia in the world. It causes symptoms such as memory loss, confusion and personality change. In Canada, Alzheimer’s is also the ninth major cause of death, Statistics according to Canada,
A factor is now aware of scientists: the time of major hormonal changes, such as when women first get their periods, how long they are fertile, and age they reach menopause.
For example, there are lots of studies in the UK biobank, for example, showing that reproduction (duration) women are as long as women have, the risk is the alzheimer’s disease of late life. (One) three children also feel to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, “Einstein said, referring to a large donor and genetic information to a large donor.
Premature menopause, which occurs before the age of 40, and early menopause (between 40 and 44 years of age) are also important risk factor, Dr. Walter Rakka said, who study the difference between men and women at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mino Clinic.
“So these women must be treated appropriately to avoid these deficiency of hormones,” the ROCA said, who presented research on the subject at the AAIC conference.
Looks like that treatment, may be widely vary, ROCCA said, depending on the patient, as well as the cost and availability of the drug. Some main treatment approaches include hormone estrogen -containing pills, patch, gels, and creams, which have shown neuroprotective effects but naturally decline during menopause.
The risk of cognitive decline with early or premature menopause exists as to whether the menopause was naturally, or due to the removal of their ovaries, Einstein says.
He pointed A search They co-written, which analyzed the data of more than 34,000 women from UK Biobank.
“Women who had ovaries before the age of 50 will increase the risk of Alzheimer’s,” she said.
More inclusive research
Researchers are playing catch-ups, when it comes to understanding the risk of women for Alzheimer’s, the Toronto Metropolitan University said a Tier 1 Canada Research President Natasha Raja, a Tier 1 Canada Research President Natasha Raja at the brain’s health, memory and aging sex, sex and aging.
“Not only we are not included in research, but also in clinical trials, we do not represent,” he said.
“This is no meaning when you feel that the disease affects more women than men.”
She is expecting to fill them in some empty vacant. She is currently operating Canadian brain health in midlife and menopause study (Bhamma), which discovers the early signs of the disease through brain scan and blood samples in middle life.
“We are trying to understand whether menopause is a window or not, on which some women can show early signs of Alzheimer’s disease,” she said.
If they are recognizable, people showing early signs of the disease can treat or turn their lifestyle to a better age, according to the king.
There is no cure for Alzheimer’s, but treatment includes Drugs This can help manage symptoms. Lifestyle changes, such as physical exercise and brain-healthy diet have also been Has shown to help Brain health in older adults at risk of cognitive decline.
She is expecting to occupy a more diverse population group in her research to better understand the risk factors associated with the race. Raja says that Alzheimer’s research has not always been diverse in western countries like America and Canada.
“With the study of Bhamme, we are trying to reach more and more communities because we want to become more representative in our research.”
Different options
Turn back, Cocks say that he now learns that surgery menopause was a risk factor for her mother, which was a full hysterectomy after being fibroids in the 30s.
Knowledge has inspired her to make different options for himself – such as reducing stress and taking care of her mental health.
She now also knows how her own hormones can interact with Alzheimer’s risk.
“When I had time to deal with my fibroids, which I had, I did not choose a full hysterctomy.”
She is also imparting knowledge to her daughter – and is sharing it with other members of the black community, who have been influenced by Alzheimer’s through the PAN African Dementia Association. She is hoping that researchers will get more information about risk factors for women developing Alzheimer’s – so women and families will have to live through what their mother did.
“When it affects women, it affects the whole family and community,” he said.
