have you been screened for dementia

[lekidecincinnati]

some of youths getting old



The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a tool that can be used to systematically and thoroughly assess mental status.

 

[JDS]

Bruce Willis has & he’s fucked.

 

[BMR Genie]

The sad part is, there's no cure for dementia and it's hereditary.

 

[BobbyFK]

Not yet. Too young I believe to be tested for it

 

[BMR Genie]

Alzheimer is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking, and behavior and can start as early as 40 years old.

 

[Tanko]

some of youths getting old



The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a tool that can be used to systematically and thoroughly assess mental status.

Great idea Cincykid.
The MMSE is available online and you can score yourself (or if you're too far gone) someone can score it for you.

I hope this isn't an issue in your family Cincykid.

 

[jjgold]

I don’t wanna know that is scary

 

[keithrichard]

 

[BMR Genie]

I don’t wanna know that is scary

Many people don't want to go to the hospital for the fear of knowing their real health issues but remember that prevention is always better than cure.

 

[lemartinsports]

last week they discovered the youngest person diagnosed with alzheimer's in china. he is 19 years old. started having symptoms at age 17


so if anyone is in doubt about their health, doesn't matter the age, just go get checked

 

[2the9s]

The sad part is, there's no cure for dementia and it's hereditary.

No cure, but it is preventable.

Get enough deep sleep.
Get regular cardiovascular exercise.
Eat a healthy diet.
Learn a foreign language.

This youtube video is a little longwinded, but it gets to all the points eventually.

 

[Tanko]

No cure, but it is preventable.

Get enough deep sleep.
Get regular cardiovascular exercise.
Eat a healthy diet.
Learn a foreign language.

This youtube video is a little longwinded, but it gets to all the points eventually.

This guy gets it. Nice recommendations 2the9s.

I might add, download some apps on your phone to build your brain like Luminosity or Elevate. Try Sudoku or Word Boggle. When your sitting around waiting for your order at a drive thru or even watching TV, using these apps helps keep you mind young.

 

[Tanko]

I have to be honest, I looked at the MMSE test Cincykid mentioned. You can get it online. It is very very basic. If you or someone has trouble making the score on it, then there is a serious problem developing.

 

[Headsterx]

No cure, but it is preventable.

Get enough deep sleep.
Get regular cardiovascular exercise.
Eat a healthy diet.
Learn a foreign language.

This youtube video is a little longwinded, but it gets to all the points eventually.

What’s the deal with learning a foreign language? I get the other ones.

 

[2the9s]

What’s the deal with learning a foreign language? I get the other ones.

It's a little complicated, but the basic idea is:

Information travels through neural pathways in the gray matter of the brain. Alzheimer's is caused by a buildup of plaques in the gray matter of brain. If these plaques block too many neural pathways, then information can't travel which results in symptoms of dementia.

Learning a foreign language won't stop this from happening, but learning a foreign language is so difficult that the brain is forced to create new neural pathways. If plaques are present when the language is being learned, the new neural pathways will naturally go around them. The result is that a language learner can have a brain ravaged by plaques, but be cognitively fine because all information is traveling through the new pathways.

If you want more info, look up "the nun study" and alzheimer's. It covers a lot of info, but the benefits of language learning are one of its findings.

 

[Headsterx]

It's a little complicated, but the basic idea is:

Information travels through neural pathways in the gray matter of the brain. Alzheimer's is caused by a buildup of plaques in the gray matter of brain. If these plaques block too many neural pathways, then information can't travel which results in symptoms of dementia.

Learning a foreign language won't stop this from happening, but learning a foreign language is so difficult that the brain is forced to create new neural pathways. If plaques are present when the language is being learned, the new neural pathways will naturally go around them. The result is that a language learner can have a brain ravaged by plaques, but be cognitively fine because all information is traveling through the new pathways.

If you want more info, look up "the nun study" and alzheimer's. It covers a lot of info, but the benefits of language learning are one of its findings.

Thanks! Didn’t want to watch vid.

 

[BMR Genie]

Thanks, it's a great recommendation @2the9s

 

[Super_Position _98]

Too afraid to find out.

 

[ann5]

I am writing my dissertation on this topic and I want to say that it is very important to detect the disease in its early stages.

 

[keithrichard]

Can you self diagnose this disease? Asking for a friend.