A simple blood test for people with a certain sleep disorder can help predict the development of dementia over the years before the symptoms occur, the new study said.
Idiopathic sleep disorders (IRBD) makes people physically fulfill their dreams while sleeping. The violation is also associated with a very high risk of Parkinson’s disease and associated with this condition called dementia with the bodies of the Lew. It is a form of dementia, which often causes memory and cognitive loss, as well as vivid visual hallucinations and difficulties with movements similar to Parkinson. Also Read Risk factors of dementia you can control: Required lifestyle changes for a healthier brain
Conclusions of the study:
McGill University researchers have found that an initially developed blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease, can also determine which patients with an IRBD dream disorder are likely to develop dementia with false bodies. A blood test analyzes two proteins in the blood that serve as biomarkers for Alzheimer.
“Detection of the risk of dementia early may have significant consequences for how doctors send patients, helping them plan the future and potentially allow more personalized, effective treatment,” said Dr. Ronald Postum, Macgila Professor McGil and Clinical Nuro Researcher).
Researchers followed 150 IRBD patients, tested blood for a bio marker and tracking their health annually. It is great that a blood test, made four years earlier, predicted in dementia in almost 90 percent of patients who later developed the disease. Also Read Development of dementia: Navigation of memory loss and supporting strategies for the elderly
This study also suggests that the early stages of Parkinson and Alzheimer have more general than previously thought.
“Our conclusions suggest that Alzheimer treatment can also be tested in patients with this sleep disorder. Perhaps when the treatment begins early enough, dementia with the bodies of the fishery can be prevented,” said the first author of D -D -Delva, who was a research associate in the neuro.
The research team plans to expand the study to confirm how well the test may predict the risk of dementia in patients with diagnosed Parkinson’s disease, as well as in other populations that risks dementia with the bodies of the Lew. Also Read The study shows that only 5 minutes of exercise daily can reduce the risk of dementia in old people by 41%
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