Posted on 11/05/2021 12:23:47 PM PDT by Red Badger
Yep, around $6,000 per PET scan noted in article.
Cheaper to find out if you carry one or two copies of APOE4.
Is there a test for APOE4?
I watched two people I cared about suffer with Alzheimer’s...my grandmother and my brother in law.
It’s really bad.
Considering the fact that there is not a whole lot one can do about it, if you have active Alzheimers, I don’t know if I would want such a report or not. Best to have adequate health insurance if you can afford it. The kind that will help pay for Home Care assistance.
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“plus or minus several years”
Well, that certainly narrows it down.
Just tell Brandon he’s going to a Blues game.
Vitamin K2 may help. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308377/
while there were always a few dementia cases in every generation,
it really appears that this condition has become very greatly more widespread in the last several years
initially, there was some thinking that the widespread introduction of aluminum cans and cooking utensils was involved
right or wrong on that, my bet is that there IS something new in the environment of daily living (or eating) that is boosting the dementia rate (of course, it could be a new infectious agent ... whether natural or manufactured in some unknown lab?)
just a thought. this large increase in dementia seems as if it must have a cause
Hmmm... Aluminum Oxide from antiperspirants? I’ve read some negative comments about the stuff but nothing specific. Curious that aluminum has been mentioned.
If you are a "CARETAKER" for an Alzheimer patient you should realize a couple of things, no matter how heart breaking they are.
1. Its over for the Alzheimer's patient, they are doomed.
2. There is no one in the medical profession on this planet that can help them.
3.Get help from an elder services lawyer who deals with Alzheimer's patients and their Caretakers, and understands your particular States laws governing this problem, and the Nursing Home involvement.
Alzheimer's victims will drift into another world so don't waste anytime trying to correct their delusions, hallucinations wanderings etc.
Its tough I know, but don't hold out any hope for a back to normal solution , it is not going to be there.
Do the best you can, and get along with your life, and make yourself and people around you happy. -Tom
Prion disease maybe? Just haven’t figured it out yet?
The largest baby boom has hit old age?
Large baby boom living a lot longer. Many over 100 years.
Sobering.
Diagnosis is a start but not a solution.
Alzheimer’s is an absolute bitch.
right or wrong on that, my bet is that there IS something new in the environment of daily living (or eating) that is boosting the dementia rate (of course, it could be a new infectious agent ... whether natural or manufactured in some unknown lab?)
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The government forces milk sellers to add vitamin a to skim milk.
One new thing in the environment is having vitamin a added to so many foods.
Foods contain more vitamin a than we need.
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One change in the American diet is the introduction of seed oils in the 20th century. The highest source of omega 6 fats is seed oils. The percentage of fat in people’s bodies that is omega 6 fats keeps increasing, so that change in diet is still having effects.
Sobering.
stupid
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