Wetin na Dimɛnshɔn? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt de difrɛn kayn dis sik.

Yu dɔn ɛva notis se ol pɔsin na yu os, sɔntɛm yu mama, yu papa, yu grani ɔ yu anti, difrɛn frɔm aw yu bin de bifo? Yu go dɔn notis se sɔntɛnde dɛn kin fɔgɛt tin dɛn, lɔs na say dɛn we dɛn sabi, ɔ dɛn kin biev fayn pas aw dɛn bin de biev trade. Bɔku tɛm wi kin dismis dɛn tin ya as "dis na jɔs aw i kin bi we yu dɔn ol." Bɔt, nɔto so i kin bi ɔltɛm. Sɔmtɛm dɛn kayn sik ya kin bi di fɔs sayn dɛm fɔ wan sik na yu bren wae dɛn kɔl dis maynia sik. So tide wi go tok abaut dis.

Wetin rili na Dimɛnshɔn?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis maynia sik nɔto wan sik. I tan lɛk ambɔla. Ɔnda dis ambɔla, bɔku tin dɛn de we kin afɛkt di we aw di bren de wok, mɔ di we aw i de mɛmba, di we aw i de tink, ɛn di we aw i de biev. Dɛn tin ya kin wɔs smɔl smɔl as tɛm de go. Bɔt di gud nyus na dat, if dɛn no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn trit am fayn, dɛn kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol di rit we di sik de wɔs.

Dɛn kin sheb dis maynia sik to tri men kayn:

1. Praymari dis maynia sik: Na ya, dis maynia sik na de men sik. I nɔ kin apin as sayd ɛfɛkt fɔ ɔda sik.

2. Sεkɔndari dimεnshכn: Dis na wae de dimεnshכn sεmtεm de kam bikɔs ɔf ɔda mεdikal kכndyushכn, lεk strok.

3. Rivasibul dimɛnshɔn: Sɔmtɛm, wan simpul tin wae kin mek pɔrsin nɔr gɛt bɛtɛ vaytamɛn, kin mek pɔrsin gɛt sɔm kayn sik wae tan lɛk dis maynia sik. Dɛn sayn ya go dɔn wans dɛn dɔn trit di kɔz.

Di kayn wae dɛn wae kin kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt dis maynia sik

Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan de kayn sik wae kin kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt dis maynia sik. Di tritmɛnt we yu ɔ di pɔsin we yu lɛk go gɛt go dipen pan us kayn yu gɛt.

Dis sik we dɛn kɔl Alzaima

Dis na de kayn tin wae kin kam na yu maynd wae bɔrku pipul kin tink bɔt dis maynia sik. Na lɛk 70% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis maynia sik ɔlsay na di wɔl kin sɔfa wit dis sik. Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ no yet di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt Alzaima sik, dɛn biliv se di ol we pɔsin ol, di tin dɛn we de apin to pɔsin in jɛnɛtiks, di tin dɛn we de apin na di say we i de, ɛn di we aw i de liv (di it, slip, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn) kin ɛp fɔ du sɔntin. we yu luk pan bren skan, yu kin si spεshal chenj dεm we dכkta dεn kכl ``plak εn tangle.''

Vaskul dimɛnshɔn

Dis na di sɛkɔn kayn we we pipul dɛn kin gɛt. Di men tin we kin mek dis apin na we di blɔd kin blok na di bren. Dis risk kin go ɔp wit tin dɛm lɛk ay blɔd prɛshɔn, kɔlɔstrel, dayabitis, at sik, ɔr strok. Bifo yu bigin wit prɔblɛm dɛn we yu kin mɛmba lɛk Alzaima, bɔku tɛm dis kayn kin bigin wit prɔblɛm fɔ plan, ɔganayz, ɛn disayd fɔ du sɔntin .

Jɛnɛral kwaliti dɛn:

• Simptom dɛm we tan lɛk strok (e.g., i nɔ kin izi fɔ tɔk).
• Fɔ mek yu at pwɛl ɔ kɔnfyus izi wan, mɔ na nɛt.
• chenj di stayl we yu de waka (e.g. fכ drεg di leg dεm along di grכn insted fכ waka wit yu fut dεm we dεn plant na grכn).
• We yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ balans na yu bɔdi.
• Fɔ fil se yu nid fɔ pis kwik kwik wan.

Dimɛnshɔn wit Lewy bɔdi (DLB) .

Lewy bodi na wan kayn protin we kin gɛda bitwin di bren sɛl dɛn. Dɛn kin ambɔg di kɔmyunikeshɔn bitwin di sɛl dɛn. Wan tin wae de sho dis sik na wae yu kin ebul fɔ si tin dɛm wae nɔr de (visual hallucinations) .

Ɔda tin dɛn we dɛn kin du:

• I nɔ kin izi fɔ tink ɛn pe atɛnshɔn.
• Fɔ yɛri ɔ smɛl tin dɛn we nɔ de.
• Fɔ tɔk, waka, ɛn kik na drim.
• Di sayn dɛm wae fiba dis sik wae de kam wit Pakinson, lɛk wae yu bɔdi de shek ɔr yu de muv sloslo.

Pakinsin sik wae de mɛk pɔrsin gɛt dis maynia sik (PDD) .

Pakinsin sik na wan sik wae de afɛkt di nervɔs sistɛm. Na lɛk 50% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik kin gɛt sɔm chenj na dɛn mɛmori ɛn tink as tɛm de go. Dis na tin we rili fiba DLB.

Di sayn dɛm na fɔ mɛmba prɔblɛm fɔ shɔt tɛm ɔr fɔ lɔng tɛm, fɔ chenj yu maynd, ɛn fɔ biliv se yu nɔr kin biliv (e.g., fɔ tink se pɔrsin de tray fɔ du yu bad).

Ɔda kayn wae de mɛk pɔrsin gɛt dis maynia sik

Apat frɔm di kayn wae dɛn wae wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, sɔm ɔda kayn dis maynia sik de.

Miks dimɛnshɔn

Sɔm pipul kin gɛt pas wan kayn dis maynia sik. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin gɛt ɔl tu di sik we dɛn kɔl Alzaima ɛn di vaskul dimɛnshɔn. Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, di sayn dɛn kin tranga, ɛn dis kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ no di sik ɛn fɔ trit am.

Frɔntotemporal dimɛnshɔn (FTD) .

pan dis kכndyushכn, di sεl dεm na di fכnt εn sayd pat dεm na di bren kin pwεl. Dɛn pat ya de kɔntrol wi abit, di we aw wi de biev, di we aw wi de tɔk, ɛn di we aw wi de muv. So, dɛn sik pipul ya kin si big chenj dɛn na dɛn abit ɛn aw dɛn de biev . Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin biev na sosayti witout ɛni shem, ɛn dɛn kin tɔk ɛnitin we kam na dɛn maynd.

Dimɛnshɔn we kin bigin fɔ gɛt yɔŋ pipul dɛn

Dimɛns kin afɛkt ol pipul dɛm, bɔt i nɔ kin afɛkt pipul dɛm bak we nɔr rich 65 ia.Dɛn kin kɔl dis ‘young-onset dementia’. Di mɛmori lɔs kin bi wan pan di fɔs sayn dɛm wae dɛn pipul ya kin gɛt. If yu gɛt dis sik, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

Ɔda kayn dɛn we nɔ bɔku

Bɔrku ɔda kayn dis maynia sik de wae nɔr kin bɔrku.

• Huntington’s disease: Dis na sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i kam pan jɛnɛtiks.
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob sik: Na wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, we kin prɛd kwik kwik wan we di prɔtin dɛn we nɔ de wok we dɛn kɔl ``prions'' kin mek.
• nכmal prεshכn haydrosεfal (NPH): na kכndyushכn we de kכz fכ insufisεnt sεkyuleshכn fכ sεribrospεnal fכluid (CSF). Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin pul di sik dɛn we de apin if dɛn du ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di wata we pasmak wit shunt.
• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS): Na wan sik wae kin kam wae yu nɔr gɛt thiamine (vitamin B1), mɔ pan pipul dɛm wae de drink pasmak.
• HIV-associated dementia: I kin kam wit di HIV vayrɔs we de infɛkt di bren.
• Kronik traumatik ɛnsɛfalopati (CTE):Wan kכndishכn we kin apin bikoz fכ ripit injuri na in ed (e.g., atlet dεm, sojaman dεm).

If yu tink se yu ɔ sɔmbɔdi na yu famili gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, duya nɔ ignore am. Si dɔktɔ we sabi du di wok kwik kwik wan fɔ advays. Dɛn kin sɛn yu to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu nyuro. If yu no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn trit yu, dat kin rili ɛp yu fɔ liv yu layf.