Early-onset dementia is an important disorder that affects to those who have not yet exceeded 65 years of age. They thus experience a progressive deterioration of various capacities such as memory or attention.
Thus, differentiating from senile dementia, which appears at older ages, early dementia is especially important and serious for those who suffer from it since its development makes it difficult to carry out tasks in work and social life when these people are, precisely, still in a job or have a family in their care.
With all this, early dementia is also much more aggressive and evolves more quickly, thus presenting more serious symptoms. In this way, specialists recommend knowing which risk factors are most associated with it and what can lead to your condition. That is what experts from the University of Exeter have now evaluated, in United Kingdomwho have analyzed the data of more than 356,000 people under 65 years of age to determine the most important factors.
With these numbers, the university center has detailed in a press release that It is the “largest and most solid” study that is carried out on this disorder. “It is exciting that, for the first time, we know what measures to take to reduce the chances of suffering from this degenerative disease,” he indicated. David Llewellynone of the scientists in the study. Their results have been published in the scientific journal JAMA Neurology.
Diabetes, depression, alcohol…
Thus, as analyzed by the study, the majority of risk factors are linked to genetic factors, but also to factors derived from harmful habits. Furthermore, the authors of the research have indicated that people with a low socioeconomic levelas well as those who suffer greater social isolation, have a higher probability of suffering from early dementia.
Among other factors, the study talks about suffering diabetesthe abuse of alcohol, suffer depressionhearing impairment, suffer strokes or heart diseasea vitamin D deficiency, high levels of C-reactive protein (produced by the liver in response to inflammation) or having variants of the ApoE4 gene (which are also related to Alzheimer’s), as the most prominent factors when it comes to suffering from this disorder.
Thus, it stands out that the majority of all These factors are “modifiable” as indicated by neuroepidemiologist Sebastian Köhler. That is, anyone can improve their diet, reduce alcohol consumption or increase foods that have higher vitamin D.
