From dementia in the future will suffer three times more people
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Researchers from the international institute, engaged in the study of neurodegenerative diseases, said that due to the fact that there is a steady increase in the life expectancy of the population, people suffering from this or that form of dementia will be three times more than today.
According to the estimates of the research group, in over three decades, senile dementia can affect more than 130 million people (currently 47 million people with neurodegenerative disorders are fixed, and about 10 years ago - about 27 million). Experts of the research center in their report noted that according to statistics, there are about one million people over 60 years old today in the world. If we take into account the tendency to increase in life expectancy, observed in 35 years, the number of people who have crossed the 60-year threshold will increase by 200% on average, and the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's, will increase accordingly , because this form of dementia all affects people after 65 years.
It should be noted that until now specialists have not been able to establish the exact causes that cause Alzheimer's disease, in addition, despite all the achievements in the world of science and medicine, no effective remedy for this disease has been found. All existing drugs help only to alleviate some of the symptoms and to slow down the pathological process (under condition of treatment in the early stages), and today the disease is considered incurable.
At the University of California, a team of researchers in the study of Alzheimer's disease came to the conclusion that there are 9 disease-provoking factors.
As studies have shown, these factors led to the development of the disease in 2/3 of the cases, but most of them can be avoided and significantly reduce the risk of dementia in old age if one adheres to a healthy lifestyle.
Also, experts are confident that avoiding risk is the best way to prevent Alzheimer's.
In their work, experts analyzed more than 300 research papers in which of the more than 90 possible risk factors identified 9, in their opinion, the most dangerous. These include, first of all, obesity, smoking, depressive disorders, hypertension, carotid artery narrowing, type 2 diabetes, an increased level of homocysteine, and low education.
It was also found that in people taking estrogen, statins, anti-inflammatory drugs, the above-mentioned risk factors were significantly lower.
Scientists noted that caffeine, vitamins C, E, B9 also help prevent the development of senile dementia.
This work is only the observation of specialists, and experts did not make any exact conclusions about the causes and consequences of senile dementia, but they are sure that a healthy diet, an active lifestyle and mental stability will help prevent new cases of senile dementia.
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