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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 15, 2014 at 9:31 am
Your grandparents sound like really nice people compared to my grandmother, she would curse with hell anybody who was not a Christian Catholic (she'd literally tell that to people face to face when they said 'I have a different religion). Now she has calmed down because of Alzheimer, I guess my family loves her more now that she doesn't curse people randomly.
She still has long term memory though
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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 16, 2014 at 4:35 pm
(July 15, 2014 at 8:46 am)Cato Wrote: We went from helping my mother recall certain words in conversation to not being recognized or her being able to recall shared memories in just two months.
Is alzheimers hereditery?
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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 16, 2014 at 4:53 pm
(July 16, 2014 at 4:35 pm)BlackMason Wrote: Is alzheimers hereditery?
Nobody has determined an exact cause of Alzheimer's; however, a gentic component is suspected. Researchers have concluded that a particular gene does elevate the risk of developing Alzheimer's, but even that's not definitive since not everyone with the particular inherited gene develops Alzheimer's and some people develop Alzheimer's without that specific gene. The gene is called APOE 4 and is associated with chromosome 19.
In fact, doctor's typically use noncommittal language regarding diagnosis since we can't be sure until the brain is autopsied.
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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 16, 2014 at 5:19 pm
(July 14, 2014 at 10:49 pm)elconquistador Wrote: I understand their belief in God, but dowsing? Really?
Dowsing eh?
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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 16, 2014 at 5:42 pm
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A contributing factor of Alzheimer's may also be this:
Quote: A good night’s rest may literally clear the mind. Using mice, researchers showed for the first time that the space between brain cells may increase during sleep, allowing the brain to flush out toxins that build up during waking hours.These results suggest a new role for sleep in health and disease. The study was funded by the NationalInstitute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS),partof the NIH.
Previous studies suggest that toxic molecules involved in neurodegenerative disorders accumulate in the space between brain cells. In this study, the researchers tested whetherthe glymphatic system controls this by injecting mice with labeled beta-amyloid, a protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease, and measuring how longit lasted in their brains when theywere asleep or awake. Beta-amyloid disappeared faster in mice brains when the mice were asleep, suggesting sleep normally clears toxic molecules from the brain.
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2013/ninds-17.htm
This makes a whole hell of a lot of sense to me. I used to work in a nursing home and all the Alzheimer's patients had inverted sleep patterns if they had any at
all.
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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 16, 2014 at 5:56 pm
(July 16, 2014 at 4:53 pm)Cato Wrote: (July 16, 2014 at 4:35 pm)BlackMason Wrote: Is alzheimers hereditery?
Nobody has determined an exact cause of Alzheimer's; however, a gentic component is suspected. Researchers have concluded that a particular gene does elevate the risk of developing Alzheimer's, but even that's not definitive since not everyone with the particular inherited gene develops Alzheimer's and some people develop Alzheimer's without that specific gene. The gene is called APOE 4 and is associated with chromosome 19.
In fact, doctor's typically use noncommittal language regarding diagnosis since we can't be sure until the brain is autopsied.
And they won't let us autopsy living people.
*pouts*
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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 16, 2014 at 6:37 pm
(July 16, 2014 at 5:56 pm)Beccs Wrote: (July 16, 2014 at 4:53 pm)Cato Wrote: Nobody has determined an exact cause of Alzheimer's; however, a gentic component is suspected. Researchers have concluded that a particular gene does elevate the risk of developing Alzheimer's, but even that's not definitive since not everyone with the particular inherited gene develops Alzheimer's and some people develop Alzheimer's without that specific gene. The gene is called APOE 4 and is associated with chromosome 19.
In fact, doctor's typically use noncommittal language regarding diagnosis since we can't be sure until the brain is autopsied.
And they won't let us autopsy living people.
*pouts*
Wouldn't that be exploratory surgery?  Or perhaps death by diagnosis.
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RE: Don't argue with your elders!
July 16, 2014 at 7:26 pm
(July 15, 2014 at 9:31 am)Blackout Wrote: Your grandparents sound like really nice people compared to my grandmother, she would curse with hell anybody who was not a Christian Catholic (she'd literally tell that to people face to face when they said 'I have a different religion). Now she has calmed down because of Alzheimer, I guess my family loves her more now that she doesn't curse people randomly.
She still has long term memory though
I'm not a doctor, but that sounds more like my mom. Most people who meet her thinks she has Alzheimers because she repeats and seems to have very little short term memory. However, the doctors are convinced she has had a series of mini-strokes and that is rather different than Alzheimers.
She is capable of learning new things (the new cat's name!) and retains all her memories she had from childhood, and most of her adulthood. She is taking meds to prevent new strokes, and it's clear to me, unlike Alzheimer patients, she is not getting worse.
I clearly have a preference for what my mom has, it's too bad she has a problem, but what she has is treatable to a considerable degree (she does take an Alzheimer's pill, Namenda, and the doctor thinks it will help her brain fix 'some' of the stroke damage.
Maybe things aren't so bad for your grandmother? Hope things work out.
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