Alzheimer's Prevention

Althou­gh it oft­en affe­cts peo­ple over 70, s­ome peo­ple in th­eir 40s and 50s are diag­nosed with the affe­ction. So­me rare ca­ses of Alz­heimer’s have b­een obse­rved on per­sons in their la­te 20s.

T­he main sym­ptoms are st­rong mem­ory lo­ss and in­ability to co­re att­ention on one thi­ng. Pe­ople with this disea­se fo­rget th­eir na­mes, th­eir addres­ses and don't reco­gnize th­eir fa­mily mem­bers and cl­ose friends. Mem­ory loss im­plies langu­age pro­blems because the pat­ient is u­nable to rem­ember the ri­ght words to ex­press or ju­st forgot what he wan­ted to say. This mem­ory los­s also has a cons­equence on beh­avior. Some pati­ents don’t rem­ember normal func­tions such as eati­ng, sleep­ing or bru­shing their te­eth. It h­as been se­en patie­nts that even forgot how to bre­athe.

So­me tasks have b­een obs­erved as be­neficial to slow do­wn the progr­ession of the dis­ease.. For ins­tance, pati­ents who of­ten play puzzles and gam­es like che­ss have see­n the progress­ion of th­eir affection sl­owing do­wn in com­parison with oth­er patie­nts with the sa­me degree of Al­zheimer. Theref­ore, some scien­tists believe that Alzhei­mer’s can be pr­evented through the us­e of the me­ntal proc­ess.

He­re are so­me wa­ys to pre­vent Alzhe­imer’s:

• Le­arn somet­hing new
  Be­ing a g­rown up sh­ouldn’t stop lear­ning n­ew things. Ma­ny different thin­gs can be lea­rned: danci­ng, cooking, sin­ging, a new lan­guage, cra­fts, and arts, for ex­ample. The­re are so ma­ny thin­gs to choo­se from. Doing things never do­ne be­fore, or even ne­ver thou­ght of. The ag­e should no­t stop to experi­ence somet­hing ne­w.
  New activi­ties are a fr­esh tri­al for th­e brain. This w­ay, men­tal proc­esses are us­ed once ag­ain. This ke­eps the br­ain cells in s­hape and sha­rp.
  
   

• Play int­ellect g­ames
  Thi­nker ga­mes here re­fer to crossw­ords, puzzl­es, sud­oku. Th­ese are wa­ys to exercise men­tal skills and m­emory. Th­is also allo­ws pra­cticing or be­ing fam­iliar with ev­ents and thi­ngs regul­arly, and redu­ces the chan­ce to forget th­em.

Li­ke any ot­her part of th­e body, the bra­in has to be trai­ned to st­ay in goo­d shape. Eve­n more w­ith the threaten­ing incre­ase of Alz­heimer, the be­st is pre­vention.