Alzheimer’s Detected In Young People

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Alzheimer’s detected in young people may turn out to be a well-accepted development into understanding this degenerative disease as it has the potential to apply possible preventive measures even before it strikes.

Alzheimer’s detected in young people bears resemblance to symptoms

The results of the study was recently published in the journal Neurology suggests that the research largely focuses on characteristic proteins that build up in the brain as a person ages. Traditional medicines, however, have largely failed in addressing this.

The researchers, however, found clues that link to identifying the disease as a developmental disorder that can begin early in life.

Brain imaging and cognitive testing

To test their theory, the researchers studied data of some 1,187 participants ranging from 3 to 20 years old. Each one of the participants had available brain-imaging and cognitive tests where the data will be taken from.

They were also tested for a gene variant known as an Alzheimer’s indicator called apolipoprotein E or APOE gene. This gene only has two distinct copies for each person and each one is inherited from each of the parent.

The E4 variant of this gene, according to researchers, is the one that is linked to Alzheimer’s disease, which is found in the hippocampus region of the brain that plays a crucial role in memory function.

The researchers, on the other hand, got mixed reactions from different quarters of the medical communities, but they believe that they aim to establish a breakthrough that ‘ would pave the way for other researchers to develop cures and treatment for this degenerative.disorder.

Alzheimer’s disease statistics

All around the world, there are around 44 million people who either has Alzheimer’s disease or other known dementia-related illness. Surprisingly only 1 in every four cases happen to get properly diagnosed due to the lack of properly alerting their doctors.

Caring for those with Alzheimer’s disease, according to latest statistics, the United States alone has spent around $236 billion this year alone. The global cost of Alzheimer’s and dementia is estimated to be around $605 billion and is equivalent to 1 percent of the world’s gross domestic product.

Alzheimer’s disease and dementia is the most common illness in Western Europe and trailing close on the list is North America.

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