Technology leads to discoveries that are sometimes unimaginable in terms of health, especially mental. Thanks to the evolution of research, new factors are always discovered that can be a contributory cause of widespread diseases. Among the most common in the population is dementia. Well, research has shown that two factors in particular can favor the onset of dementia, including Alzheimer’s.
Those who have a shortage of this vitamin and experience a particular condition could risk dementia
The risks of dementia are among the most underestimated. Since this is a disease that usually affects the elderly, there is no concern about preventing it. The problem is that by the time the symptoms of dementia appear, it is unfortunately already too late to cure it. This is the case with the most famous dementia, Alzheimer’s. The antechamber of Alzheimer’s comes with these signals and these factors increase dementia, but these causes are often overlooked.
Also because it can often happen that the risks of onset of dementia are linked to unimaginable causes. For example, researchers at a British university have discovered that the lack of a particular vitamin in the human body can cause Alzheimer’s. Yet medicine has never assigned this particular vitamin an important role in the well-being of the brain.
We are talking about vitamin D. Thanks to a study it was found that those who have a shortage of this vitamin and live a particular condition risk dementia. Researchers from the University of Exeter Medical discovered this link and published the results in the journal Neurology. The researchers studied 1,600 patients over the years. The results show that vitamin D deficiency is associated with a higher risk of contracting any type of dementia. Research data also reveals that much below average levels of vitamin D in the body increase the risk of Alzheimer’s by tenfold.
Another unimaginable factor that could increase the risk
But researchers have discovered another, unimaginable factor that can promote the onset of dementia. An Oxford University study found a link between sleep deprivation and dementia. In particular, this research has highlighted how those used to sleep little risk a reduction in the size of the brain. Obviously this problem leads to cognitive decline. Since older people tend to get little sleep, the elderly are more at risk for dementia from this cause.
Lack of sleep can lead to other serious illnesses. For example, this is when sleep can cause atherosclerosis, stroke and cardiovascular disease in anyone.
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In this way Alzheimer’s is fought and the arrival of the disease is warded off