Hysterectomy and alzheimer's

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599170 tn?1300973893 Perhaps now I can find out why. Many of you report issues with bowel and bladder problems post hysterectomy also.Please stop by and check out Dr.Nichilsons forum for the three live days he shall be here.
Avatar m tn I was in the mid stages of dementia with severe vitamin B12 deficiency. There are more than 100 conditions from vitamin deficiencies to hormone deficiencies to rare brain disorders that can mimic Alzheimer's disease. In fact, autopsy studies of nearly 1000 dementia patients at 30 top centers supported by the National Institute on Aging found that between 17% and 30% of those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease had been misdiagnosed and had other conditions!
Avatar m tn Hi, introducing myself, I am new to the forum, diagnosed with CFS And FM about 3 years ago, did not take it seriously - doc did not take it seriously and just prescribed antidepressants. now much sicker, have no life, looking for doctor who knows something about this. What questions do you ask? What kind of doc? Rheumatologist, neurologist, internist?
Avatar n tn My Mother has Alzheimer's disease she is not eating or drinking very well. She has been ill since 2001, we are struggling with the idea of a feeding tube afraid she will starve. Can anyone offer with advice on this.
Avatar f tn I have Bipolar I Disorder. I posted a question in my community (BP) about BP getting worse with age. My delima is that my family has a history of both dementia and Alzheimer Disease on each side of my family. With bipolar, I have been told, that left untreated, it can lead to dementia in patients. Of course, now, I am being treated, and that's a very good thing. Do you know if Dementia and Alzheimer's is inherited?
Avatar f tn Well, the short answer is yes, your mother could just have dementia from a car accident instead of from Alzheimer's, and the PET scan can be used to further distinguish the two, by finding out how the brain is functioning. One will not necessarily mimic the other. But mostly docs go by symptoms. Since you have doubts, you could look into having your mother seen by docs who ONLY treat traumatic brain injury, and see what they come up with.
Avatar n tn My 80 year old mother just returned from her doctor and was told that she has "cold sore herpes" (herpes simplex???) and that she will be on medication for the rest of her life. She has had several outbreaks with extreme pain, but we assumed that it was the shingles herpes virus and have just been told that it is not. I have seen some links that discuss the relationship between herpes simplex and alzheimer's.
Avatar f tn hi, you know i am not really sure . i will research this and see what i can find. I do know my mom had alz and she would sleep just find, got plenty of it even before she had it so with her i would say NO. will see what others think on my search.
Avatar f tn My mother is in the 7th stage of her Alzheimer's and started grinding her teeth on a regular basis but won't allow anything to be put in her mouth like a mouth guard and if we were to try gum she would probably swallow it as she seems to swallow everything that she puts in her mouth these days and we have tried to entertain her at the extended care facility - but her attention span is very short these days. Any other suggestions????
Avatar f tn (CNN) -- Greg Kalkwarf was a teenager when his grandfather told him and his brother, with increasing anger and frustration, "Dean, get out there and milk the cows!" There were indeed cows at his grandparents' farm, but Dean -- Kalkwarf 's uncle -- wasn't there, and the grandchildren weren't supposed to be milking them.
Avatar m tn Hi to both of you. There's no official "medical" cure for Alzheimer's. But there's a cure for Alzheimer's ( At least in the initial stages of the disease) Treatment of amyloidosis associated with Alzheimer disease, using ketone bodies, have been "unofficially" treating Alzheimer's successfully.
Avatar m tn Kind of paradoxical -- if there's no well conducted research, then how do we know supplements failed or didn't fail? I mean, I agree with the statement, but the problem is the lack of well conducted research, which will never be done until there's money to do it, which there will never be unless research ceases to be patent driven and pharmaceutical company contained and controlled, and we know they're lying.
Avatar f tn A friend of mine's mother had alzheimer's and was diagnosed at age 20. She died 4 years ago and she was in her 50's. So, it really depends on if you have some other disease along with it and how severe the alzheimer's is. My Grandfather, on the other hand, had diabetes and alzheimer's and he was 63 when he was diagnosed with alzheimer's. His was extremely severe and only lived one year. So, every person is different.
599170 tn?1300973893 I have heard the keep the mind thinking theory and it certainly makes sense, between running the hysterectomy forum, going to college full time and playing games on the computer, I am using my brain most of the day. Sometimes when I fall asleep lately I have anatomy vocabulary running through my brain.
951090 tn?1253316948 I understand the basics of Alzheimer's disease, but I am curious as to why it is typically found in older or elderly adults. I know that as we age our cells change and they can mutate or deteriorate. Since this can happen at any age, I am wondering why dementia disorders are less common in children and young adults. I mean, theorectically, a child could develop Alzheimer's disease, could they not?
Avatar m tn Not exactly what the article said, so let's tamp down the fear a bit. First of all, it didn't say it increases the onset by 25 years. It says Alzheimer's now appears to start 25 years before any signs are noted. No relation there to covid. What has been widely reported by anyone who has been keeping up with the news, some people suffer long-haul covid, and those are the people these docs are concerned about.
Avatar n tn Hi Margypops, Axona is a brand-new prescription therapy launched in March 2009 for the treatment of mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease. As Alzheimer's is marked by a decrease in glucose in the brain (the primary source of food for the brain), Axona acts by providing/metabolizing glucose in the body to act as an alternate source of food for the brain.
2007231 tn?1327807016 As I do have faith that one day my fathers Alzheimer's Disease will be treated one day. "Let go and let god" they say. We finally found something that treats alzheimer's and we have noticed much improvement. I was reading through research documents from www.smartdrugsforthought.com and found several profound medical documents and studies with the use of a cognitive and memory supplement, called Piracetam, in Alzheimer's patients.
Avatar f tn Dr. Neil Barnard who was on Dr. Oz said he had many relatives with Alzheimer's and as he felt he was a good candidate for this disease he then started to research and open the brains of people who died with Alzheimer's. He found lots of strands filled with copper, zinc and iron. He advocates a vegan diet and if you wish to take a supplement, avoid minerals, because the body only needs traces of minerals already found in a vegan diet.
Avatar f tn I have been doing research on brain Lesions. One article said alzheimer's patients can have them. I have had 4 MRI's I have brain lesions on my brain. Each MRI the lesions have not changed. The MS dr does not want to diagnose me. so I'm trying to find out more.
Avatar n tn Hi advice777, I would ask the prescriber to reconsider. I do not know the effect of any of the drugs you mention but it takes time to find the right combination of drugs. Maybe another combination would help her better? Depression is common when having alzheimer's. Some patients who have alzheimer's knows that they are forgetting things and that something affects their short-term memory but they can't remember exactly what it is.
Avatar m tn Drugs increase death rate of Alzheimer's patients The use of anti-psychotic drugs used to treat dementia patients. First of all, a 2006 study showed that Alzheimer's patients who took these drugs had no significant improvement over placebos. We also know that these drugs can cause some serious side effects in Alzheimer's patients, such as an increased risk of stroke and respiratory issues.