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Questions About Alzheimer's Posted: 06-10-07 14:50pm
Hi I am 33yrs old female, my questions is
:
Can a person like my age suffers from
Alzheimer's?
Does it effect more female than male?
Does the food that we consumed become a
contributing factors?
Are fatter people (like me) have more
chances of getting it?
Do stress, recent trumatic event in life
or truma to the head plays a part.
Etiology of Alzheimer's disease is not
clear enough. It is believed that mutation
of some genes (presenmilin-1 and
presenilin-2) cause accumulation of
beta-amiloid outside the neurons and tau
protein inside the neurons that destroy
them.
There is so called early-onset Alzheimer's
disease that occurs before 60. Most of the
cases are after 60.
Sex is not a risk factor for developing
Alzheimer's disease.
There is no food that increases the risk
for Alzheimer's disease. It is believed
that some types of food like fruit and
vegetables, bread, wheat and other
cereals, olive oil, fish, and red wine,
may, reduce the risk and course of
Alzheimer's disease but there are no
strong medical evidences about this.
Overweight is not a risk factor for
getting Alzheimer's disease.
Stress and other traumas are probably not
a risk factors for developing Alzheimer's
disease.
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