Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻomanaʻo o kou makuahine, kou makuakāne, kou kupuna wahine, a i ʻole kou kupuna kāne i ko lākou ʻelemakule ʻana? I kekahi manawa manaʻo mākou i kēia me he "ala wale nō ia o ko mākou ʻelemakule ʻana," akā, ʻaʻole ia ka hihia mau. ʻO kēia nalowale mālie o ka hoʻomanaʻo i kekahi manawa he hōʻailona ia o ka maʻi Alzheimer. Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kēlā, ua lohe paha ʻoe he ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o kēia maʻi i nā wahine. Aia maoli anei kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo i kēlā moʻolelo? No ke aha e hana ʻia ai kēia? I kēia lā, e kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i kēia me ka maʻalahi a me ke ʻano aloha.
He mea maʻamau anei ka maʻi o Alzheimer i nā wahine?
ʻAe, he ʻoiaʻiʻo kēlā moʻolelo. Ke nānā ʻoe i nā helu helu a puni ka honua, kokoke i ʻelua hapakolu o ka poʻe me ka maʻi Alzheimer he mau wahine. ʻO ia hoʻi, hoʻokahi o nā wahine ʻeono ma luna o 65 mau makahiki e pilikia ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi.
E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ia mea, aia kekahi mau ʻano o ka dementia. Akā ua ʻike nā loea he like ka hopena o nā ʻano dementia ʻē aʻe i hana ʻole ʻia e ka maʻi Alzheimer i nā kāne a me nā wahine. ʻO ia hoʻi, aia kahi pilina kūikawā ma waena o ka maʻi Alzheimer a me nā wahine . No laila e nānā kākou i ke kumu i ʻoi aku ai ka pilikia o nā wahine.
No ke aha i ʻōlelo ʻia ai he nui ka pilikia o nā wāhine?
Nui nā kumu no kēia. ʻAʻole hoʻokahi kumu, akā he hui pū ʻana o nā kumu he nui.
1. Hoʻonui ʻia ke ola o nā wahine
I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, ʻo ke kumu nui, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ke ola o nā wāhine ma mua o nā kāne ma ka awelika. ʻO ka awelika o ke ola no nā wāhine ma kahi o 81 mau makahiki, ʻoiai no nā kāne ma kahi o 76 mau makahiki. ʻO ke kumu pilikia nui no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi Alzheimer ʻo ia ka ʻelemakule . No laila, no ka lōʻihi o ke ola o nā wāhine, loaʻa iā lākou ka manawa hou e loaʻa ai ka maʻi.
Akā, ʻaʻole i pau ka moʻolelo ma laila. Ua hana ʻia nā haʻawina ma nā hui o nā kāne a me nā wāhine o ka makahiki like, a ua ʻike ʻia he ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā wāhine i ka maʻi Alzheimer. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, aia kekahi mau kumu ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole wale ka makahiki.
2. Nā loli i loko o ka ʻōnaehana pale
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā ʻōnaehana pale o nā wāhine ma mua o nā kāne. ʻO ia ke kumu e pālua ai ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi autoimmune i nā wāhine.
Eia ke ʻano o kēia e pili ana i ka maʻi Alzheimer. ʻO ka amyloid kahi protein koʻikoʻi i komo i ka maʻi Alzheimer. Manaʻo nā kānaka noiʻi e hana paha ke kino i kēia protein e pale aku i nā maʻi e komo i loko o ko kākou lolo. No ka mea, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā ʻōnaehana pale o nā wāhine, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka waiho ʻana o kēia protein amyloid i loko o ko lākou lolo. ʻO kēia kekahi kumu e ʻoi aku ai ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi i nā wāhine.
3. Ka mana o nā hormones
He hormone wahine nui ka Estrogen. Kōkua kēia hormone i ka pale ʻana i ko kākou ʻōnaehana nerve waena. Kōkua pū ia i ka pale ʻana i nā maʻi e like me Alzheimer's a wāwahi i ka protein amyloid i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua.
Ke hele ka wahine i ka menopause, hāʻule koke kēia mau pae estrogen . ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ma hope o ka menopause, ʻoi aku paha ke kiʻekiʻe o nā pae estrogen o ke kāne ʻelemakule ma mua o ka wahine ʻelemakule.
ʻOiai ua loaʻa i kekahi mau haʻawina nā pono mai ka lāʻau hoʻololi hormone (HRT), ʻaʻohe pono o kekahi. Eia kekahi, pili ka HRT me nā pilikia e like me ka hahau ʻana, no laila he mea nui e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana.
4. Nā loli i ke ʻano a me ka hana o ka lolo
Aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa iki i ke ʻano o ka lolo o nā kāne a me nā wahine. Ma keʻano laulā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lolo o nā kāne. Ma muli o kēia, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hiki i nā kāne ke kū i nā kumu e alakaʻi ai i ka maʻi Alzheimer.
Ua ʻike ʻia e ka noiʻi ʻana ʻo ka hippocampus, kahi ʻāpana o ka lolo e hana nui ana i ka hoʻomanaʻo, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka emi ʻana (atrophy) i nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne.
| Nā mea e hoʻonui ai i ka pilikia no nā wahine | He wehewehe maʻalahi |
|---|---|
| Nā Kumu Hoʻoilina | Ua ʻike ʻia ke ʻano o ka gene APOE he kumu pilikia nui no ka maʻi Alzheimer i nā wahine. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi i ka wahine me kēia gene ma mua o ke kāne me ka gene like. |
| Nāwaliwali | I ka wā e ʻelemakule ai nā wāhine, ʻoi aku ka nāwaliwali o ke kino ma mua o nā kāne o ka makahiki like. ʻO kēia nāwaliwali, ka pohō kaumaha, a me ka luhi pinepine e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka maʻi Alzheimer. |
| Nā Kumu Kaiapili | ʻO ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana, ka loaʻa kālā kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻoihana, a me ka hana kino e hoʻonui i ka "cognitive reserve" o ka lolo. I ka wā ma mua, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā wāhine he nui nā manawa kūpono like me nā kāne. Hiki paha i kēia ke hoʻemi i ko lākou hiki ke kū i ka emi ʻana o ka hoʻomanaʻo i ko lākou ʻelemakule ʻana. |
| Nā pilikia i ka wā hāpai | Manaʻo ʻia nā kūlana e like me ke koko kiʻekiʻe (preeclampsia) i ka wā hāpai e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka dementia ma hope o ke ola. Pono ka noiʻi hou aku ma kēia. |
He aha ka "cognitive reserve" o ka lolo?
He mea nui loa kēia. E noʻonoʻo i kou lolo e like me kahi waihona panakō. Ke aʻo ʻoe, ke aʻo ʻoe i nā mea hou, ke launa pū ʻoe, ke hoʻoikaika kino ʻoe, ke hoʻohui nei ʻoe i nā "kumuwaiwai" i kēia waihona. ʻO kēia ka mea a mākou e kapa nei he mālama noʻonoʻo.
Ke hoʻomaka ka lolo e hōʻino i ko kākou ʻelemakule ʻana, hiki i ke kanaka me kēia ʻano mālama ke kū i kēlā pōʻino a hoʻomau i ka hana maikaʻi. I ka wā ma mua, ua emi nā manawa hoʻonaʻauao a me nā ʻoihana o nā wāhine, kahi i hōʻemi ai i ko lākou manawa e kūkulu ai i kēia mālama. He kumu kūpono ʻole paha kēia no ka nui o ka maʻi Alzheimer i waena o nā wāhine ʻelemakule i kēia mau lā.
Leka Lawe-Home
- ʻOi aku ka maʻamau o ka maʻi Alzheimer i nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne, ʻaʻole wale no ka mea lōʻihi ko lākou ola.
- ʻO nā loli i nā pae hormone o nā wahine (ʻoi aku ka emi ʻana o ka estrogen), nā kumu genetic, ka hana o ka ʻōnaehana pale, a me nā loli liʻiliʻi i ke ʻano o ka lolo nā mea kōkua.
- ʻO ka nele o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me nā manawa kūpono pili kanaka no nā wāhine i ka wā ma mua paha i hoʻopilikia pono ʻole i kēia pilikia.
- ʻO ka hoʻoikaika mau ʻana i ka lolo, ke aʻo ʻana, ka launa pū ʻana, a me ke ola ʻana i kahi nohona olakino e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i ka mālama ʻike o ka lolo.
- Inā he pilikia hoʻomanaʻo kou a i ʻole kekahi o kou ʻohana, mai hoʻowahāwahā iā ia . E kamaʻilio me kāu kauka ʻohana e pili ana i ia mea a loaʻa ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana he kī i ka mālama ʻana.











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