Tambaya: Yaya shekarun da ke da muhimmanci a matsayin matsala na Alzheimer?
Amsa:
Babban lamarin da aka sani game da cutar Alzheimer yana karuwa. Yawancin mutanen da ke fama da cutar sun kai shekaru 65 ko tsufa, kodayake mutane zasu iya samar da iyali, ko kuma farkon Alzheimer's, tun daga farkon shekaru 30 da 40. Zai yiwu a bunkasa Alzheimer ta ninki biyu a kowane shekara biyar bayan shekaru 65.
Bayan shekaru 85, haɗarin ya kai kusan kashi 50.
A cikin binciken 1995 da aka gudanar a Gabas Boston, Massachusetts, duk wadanda ba a ba da izini ba, wadanda shekarun da suka kai 65 da haihuwa a cikin wannan gari na mutane 32,000 sunyi nazarin cewa: cutar Alzheimer ta kasance kashi 10 cikin 100 na wadanda shekarun da suka wuce 65 da 47% cikin wadanda suka tsufa Shekaru 85. Sakamakon kashi takwas cikin dari na mutane fiye da 65 da 36% na wadanda suka tsufa fiye da 85 suna fama da rashin lafiya sosai don iyakance ikon su na rayuwa. Ba a bayyana yadda yadda wannan al'umma ke wakiltar yawancin jama'a ba.
Yayinda cutar ta kamu da ita shine yawan mutanen da cutar ke fama da shi a wani lokaci, yanayin da cutar ta kamu da ita shine lokacin da sababbin lokuta ke faruwa a cikin jama'a a lokacin da aka ƙayyade. Don cutar cutar Alzheimer, yanayin da ke tsakanin mutane da shekaru 85 da haihuwa yana da kusan 14 sau da yawa a tsakanin mutane masu shekaru 65 zuwa 69.
Wani binciken kuma ya gano cewa tun farkon shekara 65, haɗarin cutar Alzheimer ya karu da kashi 23 cikin ƙarin shekara.
Yawan Amurkan da Alzheimer da sauran nau'in lalata suna kara karuwa a kowace shekara saboda yawan ci gaba a cikin mazan. An tsara wannan lambar don ci gaba da karuwa a cikin shekaru masu zuwa kamar yadda jariri ya tsufa.
A shekara ta 2030, ana saran za a ninka kashi na al'ummar Amurka da ke da shekaru 65 da haihuwa. Daga tsakanin shekara ta 2010 da 2050, tsofaffi (mutane 85 da haihuwa) ana sa ran karuwa daga kashi 29.5 cikin 100 na dukan tsofaffi a Amurka zuwa kashi 35.5. Wannan yana nufin haɓaka mutane 17 da suka fi tsofaffi - wadanda za su kasance cikin haɗari don haɓaka Alzheimer's. Yayin da yake da shekaru, ba shakka, wani abu mai hadari ba a karkashin iko mu, canje-canje na rayuwa da kuma abincin su ne, kuma shaidu suna karuwa don su iya taimakawa rage hadarin bunkasa cutar Alzheimer .
Sources:
Hebert, Liesi E. et al., "Cutar Dama na Alzheimer a cikin Al'ummar Jama'a," JAMA 273: 1354-59. Mayu 1995.
Lindsay, J. et al., "Abubuwan Dama na Alzheimer: Bincike na Bincike daga Nazarin Kanada na Lafiya da Yarinya," Jarida ta Amirka na Cutar Epidemiology 156: 445-53. 2002.
2010 Alzheimer ta cuta Facts da Figures. Alzheimer's Association. Samun shiga: Yuni 7, 2010. http://www.alz.org/documents_custom/report_alzfactsfigures2010.pdf
-Ya fito da Esther Heerema, MSW, Alzheimer's / Dementia Expert