Yu tink se di pɔsin we yu lɛk de fɔgɛt ɔltin? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Dimɛnshɔn! (Dimɛnsia) .

Yu mama, papa, grani, ɔ anti we dɔn ol kin fɔgɛt tin? Yu tink se i kin aks di sem kwɛstyɔn bɔku tɛm? Yu tink se i de du tin wit traŋa ɔ wɔri pas aw i bin de du trade? Sɔntɛnde, wi kin tink se dɛn tin ya na nɔmal tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin ol, bɔt nɔto so ɔltɛm. Dis sik kin bi de biginin fɔ wan sik wae dɛn kɔl dis maynia sik. So lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis tide, lɛk se wi de tɔk to wi padi, ɛn wi nɔ fil se wi gɛt lod.

Wetin rili na ‘Dementia’?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis maynia sik nɔto wan sik. Na wan kɔlekɛshɔn fɔ di sayn dɛm wae kin kam wit difrɛn sik dɛm. di men tin we de apin pan dis na we wi bren sεl dεm de pwεl εn di kכmyunikeshn bitwin dεm, dat na di εksεnch fכ mεsej dεm, de lכs. Tink bɔt wi bren lɛk ɔfis na big kɔmni. Ɛni pat de wok wan bay wan. Wan pat de fɔ mɛmba, wan pat we de ɛp fɔ tɔk, ɛn wan pat fɔ disayd fɔ du sɔntin. Insay dis maynia sik, di kɔnekshɔn bitwin dɛn sɛkshɔn ya kin lɔs, ɛn di wok na di wan ol ɔfis kin chaotic.

Dis kin mek dɛn ebul fɔ tink, fɔ mɛmba, ɛn fɔ tink, kin wik te dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ du dɛn wok dɛn fɔ dɛnsɛf ɛvride.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin dis maynia sik ɛn nɔrmal ol pipul dɛm?

Dis na prɔblɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt. Lɛ wi ɔndastand dis klia wan.

Yu tink se dis maynia sik ɛn Alzaima na di sem tin?

Nɔ, dis na ples bak usay bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɔnfyus. Tink bɔt ‘dimɛnshɔn’ as big kategori we dɛn kɔl ‘frut’. ‘Alzheimer’s’ tan lɛk di ‘mango’ we de insay da kategori de fɔ frut. Dat min se, pan de bɔrku tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt dis maynia sik , di wan wae kin pasmak ɛn wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt dis maynia sik na Alzaima . 70%-80% pan di wan dɛm wae gɛt dis maynia sik kin gɛt dis kɔndishɔn. Bɔt apat frɔm dis, na lɛk 50 ɔda tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis maynia sik.

Wetin na de men kayn ɛn tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt dis maynia sik?

Apat frɔm dis sik wae de kam wit Alzaima, sɔm ɔda men kayn dis maynia sik de.

1. Vascular Dementia: Dis kin kam bikɔs di blɔd vesel dɛm we de go na di bren kin blok ɔ pwɛl. Kɔndishɔn lɛk ay blɔd prɛshɔn, dayabitis, ay kɔlɔstrel, ɛn strok kin mek i gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm.

2. Lewy Body Dementia (LBD): Dis kכndyushכn de kכz bay we di abnכmal protin dεm we dεn kכl ``Lewy bodies`` de kכmכt insay di bren sεl dεm. Apat frɔm di mɛmori we pɔsin nɔ de mɛmba, di sayn dɛm lɛk wae i nɔr kin izi fɔ waka, i kin shek (we fiba di sik wae de kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik), wae pɔrsin kin slip na de, ɛn wae pɔrsin kin si tin wae de mɛk pɔrsin fil lɛk dis sik kin bɔrku pan dis sik.

3. Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD): Dis na wan sik wae de fכnt εn di sayd dεm na di bren de pwεl. Dis kin mek pipul dɛn chenj di we aw dɛn de biev, di we aw dɛn de biev, ɛn di we aw dɛn de tɔk, pas di we aw dɛn de mɛmba. Pɔsin we bin de rili kol bifo kin bigin fɔ vɛks ɔ i kin lɛf fɔ du am wantɛm wantɛm. Ɔ dɛn kin bigin fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn bad bad wan.

4. Miks Dimɛnshɔn: Sɔm pipul kin gɛt tu ɔr mɔr kayn dis maynia sik di sem tɛm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, Alzaima sik ɛn vaskul dimɛnshɔn kin de togɛda.

Us sayn dɛn wi fɔ tek tɛm luk fɔ?

Si if ɛnibɔdi na yu famili gɛt dɛn sik ya. Nɔr frayd fɔ kɔl am dis maynia sik jɔs bikɔs yu gɛt wan ɔr tu, bɔt if dɛn nɔr de kɔntinyu, i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

• Short term memory loss: Fɔgɛt wetin dɛn bin dɔn tɔk shɔt tɛm bifo, aks di sem kwɛstyɔn ɔltɛm, fɔgɛt usay tin bin de.
• Prɔblɛm fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn: I nɔ kin izi fɔ fɛn di rayt wɔd dɛn, fɔ stɔp na di midul we pɔsin de tɔk, i nɔ kin izi fɔ ɔndastand wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk.
• Fɔ lɔs ivin na say dɛn we yu sabi: Nɔ ebul fɔ fɛn yu we ivin na yu yon vilej ɔ siti.
• I nɔ izi fɔ du kɔmpleks wok dɛn: Tin dɛn we bin izi fɔ du trade, lɛk fɔ mek gadin, fɔ pe bil, ɛn fɔ kia fɔ di tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ spɛn na os, nɔ pɔsibul naw.
• Chenj pan pɔrsin in pɔrsin ɛn bihayvya: wɔri, dawt, pwɛl hat, want fɔ de yu wan, ɔr de bihayvya nɔr de wit ɔda pipul dɛm.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ disayd fɔ du sɔntin: I nɔ kin ebul fɔ tink di rayt we ɛn pik gud ɛn bad.
• Di chenj we de apin na di we aw pɔsin de slip: Nɔ kin slip na nɛt ɛn i kin slip pasmak na di de.
• Fɔ si ɔ yɛri tin dɛn we nɔ de (Hallucinations): Fɔ si pipul ɔ animal dɛn we nɔ rili de.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt dis maynia sik?

Wan tɛst nɔr kin no if yu gɛt dis maynia sik ɔr nɔr gɛt dis maynia sik. Yu dɔktɔ go du bɔku tɛst fɔ dis.

1. Tɔk: Di dɔktɔ kin tɔk to di pɔsin ɛn in famili ɛn aks bɔt di sayn dɛm, ustɛm dɛn bigin, ɛn ɛni ɔda sik.

2. Test mɛmori ɛn tinkin abiliti: Bɔku we dɛn de fɔ tɛst mɛmori, lɛk fɔ aks simpul kwɛstyɔn ɛn drɔ pikchɔ.

3. Blɔd tɛst: Chɛk fɔ ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk dis maynia sik, lɛk we yu nɔ gɛt vaytamɛn B12 ɛn yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu tayroyd ɔmon.

4. Bren skan: CT skan ɔ MRI skan kin chɛk fɔ ɛni bren shrinkage, damej frɔm strok, ɔ tumor.

Afta i dɔn luk ɔl dis, di dɔktɔ kin kam fɔ no if dis na dis maynia sik, ɛn if na so, us kayn i bi.

Ɛni tritmɛnt de? Wetin wi fɔ du?

Bɔt i sɔri fɔ no se, bɔrku kayn dis maynia sik nɔr kin ebul fɔ wɛl ɔl. Bɔt dɛn kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛm, di sik kin slo fɔ go bifo, ɛn di kwaliti fɔ layf fɔ di pɔsin ɛn in famili kin bɛtɛ.

Dɛn tin ya impɔtant fɔ trit pɔsin:

• Di kayn mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz:Na sɔm kayn dis maynia sik, lɛk Alzaima, mɛrɛsin de (lɛk `Cholinesterase inhibitors`, `Memantine`) wae kin ɛp fɔ mek yu mɛmba ɛn tink fayn fayn wan ɛn slo fɔ mek di sik go bifo. Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin bak fɔ ɛp fɔ kɔntrol tin dɛm lɛk fɔ de agyu ɛn pwɛl hat. Nɔ ɛva yuz dɛn mɛrɛsin ya if yu dɔktɔ nɔ advays yu.
• Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi: Wan ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapist kin ɛp di pɔsin fɔ du in wok fɔ insɛf as i pɔsibul, mek di say we i de na os sef fɔ di pɔsin, ɛn tich simpul ɛgzampul dɛn we go mek i mɛmba fayn fayn wan.
• Fɔ chenj di we aw yu de liv yu layf: Fɔ it fayn fayn it, fɔ du ɛksɛsayz ɔltɛm , fɔ de wit ɔda pipul dɛn, ɛn fɔ kɔntrol sik dɛn lɛk blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn dayabitis rili impɔtant.

Tin dɛm wae yu kin du as pɔrsin wae de kia fɔ pɔrsin wae gɛt dis maynia sik

Fɔ kia fɔ pɔrsin wae gɛt dis maynia sik nɔr kin izi. Na big big kɔmitmɛnt. Yu fɔ mɛmba dɛn tin ya fɔ ɛp yu.

• Peshɛnt: Nɔ vɛks if dɛn aks ɔ tɔk di sem tin ɔltɛm. Dɛn nɔ de du dɛn tin dɛn de bikɔs dɛn nɔ lɛk dɛn.
• Kɔmyunikeshɔn simpul wan: Tɔk klia wan wit shɔt, simpul sɛntɛns dɛn. Nɔ gi bɔku instrɔkshɔn dɛn wan tɛm.
• Krio rutin we nɔ de chenj: Sɛt tɛm fɔ tin dɛn lɛk fɔ it, was, ɛn slip ɔltɛm. Dis go mek dɛn nɔ kɔnfyus.
• Tink bɔt sef: Kip tin dɛn we denja lɛk naif ɛn machɛt usay yu nɔ go ebul fɔ rich. Tek tɛm as dɛn kin waka waka fɔ dɛnsɛf ɛn lɔs.
• Tink bɔt yusɛf: We yu de kia fɔ di pɔsin we sik, tink bɔt yu yon maynd ɛn bɔdi wɛlbɔdi. If yu taya, aks ɔda pipul dɛn na yu famili fɔ ɛp yu. If nid de, aks fɔ advays.