ALZHEIMERS NEWS-WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN
i have found its important to know as much as you can about the disease so you know how to attack it
this video from the national institutes of health or nih lasts about 4 minutes but it gives you a good summary of what happens over time with this disease
amyloid plaques
tau tangles
inflammation
the new drugs like my aduhelm and leqembi and kisunia remove the amyloid plaques
new drugs in clinical trials are treating the tau tangles and inflammation
these changes shown in the video starts months to years before symptoms start
treatment or prevention should start months to years before symptoms start
eating correctly all your life
getting adequate sleep
treating mental illness such as depression or anxiety
maintaining a normal body weight
staying active mentally physically and socially
controlling your blood pressure your blood sugar and your cholesterol
dont smoke
dont drink or minimally drink
do some meditation activity like i do by gardening every day
do these early in your life
no
do these all your life
the best prescriptions to prevent alzheimers are these things above
when symptoms start get an evaluation early on
consider taking meds such as aricept or donepezil and or consider taking the new monoclonal antibodies like leqembi or kisunia which may slow down memory loss
stay on the look out for new drugs coming soon to treat tau and inflammation
while you are doing all these healthy things you also are preventing heart disease kidney disease stroke cancer diabetes and other diseases
its all in your hands to prevent this disease
knowledge is power
now act on that power
the organicgreen doctor
welcome to the organic green doctor blog
i am a family physician who was diagnosed with
early mild cognitive impairment(mci) amnestic type on december 21, 2010
this is a precursor to alzheimers disease
because of this diagnosis i have opted to stop practicing medicine
this blog will be about my journey with this disease
please feel free to follow me along this path
i will continue blogging on organic gardening, green living,
solar power, rainwater collection, and healthy living
i will blog on these plus other things noted to be interesting
Friday, December 6, 2024
alzheimers news-what happens in the brain
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