So wo panyin no reyɛ nkae a ɛyera nnansa yi? So ebetumi ayɛ asiane a ɛde Alzheimer yare no ba?

Yesusuw sɛ ɛyɛ ade a ɛfata sɛ ɔpanyin bi a ɔwɔ yɛn fie, te sɛ yɛn maame, yɛn papa, yɛn nanabea, anaa yɛn maame nuabea, werɛ befi nneɛma bere a wɔrenyin no. Yɛtaa te nsɛm te sɛ, "Ɛhe na mede ahwehwɛ no sii?" "Adɛn nti na mebaa dan yi mu?" Nanso so woate nka pɛn sɛ saa werɛ a wofi yi yɛ aniberesɛm kakra? So wote nka sɛ wo nkae asɛe afe yi sen afe a etwaam no, anaasɛ w’adamfo bi aka eyi ho asɛm akyerɛ wo? Eyi nyɛ biribi a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfa no adewa ankasa. Aduruyɛ mu nhwehwɛmu foforo bi kyerɛ sɛ nsakrae kɛse a ɛba wɔ nkae mu te sɛ eyi betumi ayɛ Alzheimer yare no ho kɔkɔbɔ sɛnkyerɛnne a edi kan.

Dɛn na nhwehwɛmu foforo daa no adi?

Nhwehwɛmu a wotintimii nnansa yi wɔ aduruyɛ ho nsɛmma nhoma a agye din Neurology mu no faa nnipa 675 a sɛ wɔkyekyem pɛpɛɛpɛ a wɔadi mfe 72. Ɛwom sɛ wohui sɛ saa nnipa yi wɔ asiane mu sɛ wobenya Alzheimer yare de, nanso na wɔn mu biara nni ɔhaw kɛse wɔ n’adwene mu bere a wofii nhwehwɛmu no ase no.

Nea adesua yi yɛe no yɛɛ mmerɛw koraa. Wɔnam nsɛmmisa kratasin bi so bisabisaa saa nnipa 675 yi ne wɔn nnamfo paa (a ebetumi ayɛ wɔn hokafo, wɔn busuani, anaa wɔn adamfo paa) nsakrae a ɛba wɔn nkae mu ho asɛm. Bere koro no ara mu no, wɔyɛɛ wɔn nyinaa amemene mu nhwehwɛmu titiriw bi.

Nea afi mu aba no yɛ nwonwa koraa. Nnipa a wɔbɔɔ amanneɛ sɛ wɔn anaa obi a ɔbɛn wɔn "kae ade pii afe yi sen afe a etwaam no" ahu nsakrae a edi kan wɔ wɔn amemene mu a ɛne Alzheimer yare no wɔ abusuabɔ. Nkrasɛm a efi eyi mu ne sɛ, sɛ obi a ne mfe akɔ anim nwiinwii wɔ wɔn nkae ho anaasɛ wɔn abusua dwen ho a, ɛnyɛ adwene pa sɛ wobɛpow kɛkɛ sɛ "esiane sɛ wɔrenyin nti."

Dɛn ne nsakrae a ɛba wo nkae mu yi a ɛsɛ sɛ wodwen ho?

Ebia woresusuw ho sɛ werɛfi bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛhaw yɛn ho. Nneɛma kakraa bi wɔ hɔ a wɔde wɔn adwene sii so pɔtee wɔ nhwehwɛmu no mu. Hwɛ sɛ eyinom abu so wɔ mpanyimfo a wɔwɔ wo fie no mu anaa.

Nea efii adwene mu adwumayɛ sɔhwɛ ahorow a wɔde dii dwuma wɔ nhwehwɛmu yi mu bae no nso ne nea saa nkurɔfo yi kae faa wɔn ho no hyiae, a ɛkyerɛ sɛ na wɔn "mennkae" nkate no wɔ nnyinaso pa ankasa.

Amemene mu nsakrae ne Alzheimer yare

Alzheimer yɛ tebea a bere kɔ so no, amemene mu nkwammoaa sɛe nkakrankakra, na sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow no mu yɛ den kɛse. Protein ahorow abien a ɛnyɛ ne kwan so a ɛboaboa ano wɔ amemene no mu na ɛde ba titiriw. Nhwehwɛmufo de scanning kwan titiriw bi a wɔfrɛ no `PET` scan (positron emission tomography) dii dwuma de hwɛɛ sɛ ebia saa protein ahorow yi akɔhyɛ amemene no mu anaa.

1. Amyloid Plaque: Eyi te sɛ "akuru" a ɛboaboa ano wɔ amemene mu nkwammoaa ntam. Sɛ eyinom boaboa ano a, ɛhaw nsɛm a ɛkɔ amemene mu nkwammoaa ntam no.

2. Tau Tangles: Tau yɛ protein foforo a ɛwɔ amemene mu nkwammoaa mu. Wɔ Alzheimer yare mu no, saa protein ahorow yi bom te sɛ hama bɔɔl, na ɛyɛ “ntangles.” Eyi ma nkwammoaa no wuwu a wonnya aduannuru a wohia no.

Saa nhwehwɛmu yi maa ɛdaa adi pefee sen bere biara sɛ nnipa a wonwiinwii wɔ nkae a wontumi nkae ho no taa nya protein ‘tau’ a ɛyɛ tan yi wɔ wɔn amemene mu.

Enti, dɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yesusuw eyi ho saa?

Sɛnea Oduruyɛfo Rebecca Amariglio a ɔyɛ nhwehwɛmu yi akannifo no mu biako kyerɛ no, saa nsɛm yi ho hia yɛn yiye. Ɔka sɛ:

"Seesei yenim sɛ Alzheimer yare no fi ase de nsakrae ba amemene no mu bere tenten ansa na oduruyɛfo atumi ahu sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow no wɔ ayaresabea. Mprempren adanse pii wɔ hɔ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ bere a edi kan a obi behu nsakrae yi wɔ nkae mu, wɔ n'ankasa anaa abusua muni bi mu no, betumi ayɛ yare no ho kɔkɔbɔ sɛnkyerɛnne ntɛm."

Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a, saa atenka a ɛne sɛ "Me werɛ afi nneɛma pii nnansa yi" sɛ wo anaa obi a ɔbɛn wo no yɛ aduruyɛ mu nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛsom bo kɛse . Mma w’ani ngu so. Ebetumi ayɛ wo nipadua no kɔkɔbɔ a edi kan. Sɛ wote nka saa a, ade a eye sen biara a ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ ne sɛ woremmɔ hu, na mmom wo ne wo duruyɛfo bɛkasa afa ho.

Nhwehwɛmufo no nso hyɛ no nsow sɛ na wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho hyɛɛ nhwehwɛmu yi mu no mu dodow no ara yɛ aborɔfo na wɔasua nhoma yiye, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɛho hia sɛ wɔyɛ nhwehwɛmu foforo wɔ aman a nnipa gu ahorow te sɛ Sri Lanka mu.