Austin Allegro Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Because the basis of religion is that your soul is not physical I still don't see what that's got to do with Alzheimer's disease...please elucidate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Logged on on to this thread to post something, forgot what it was momentarily (seriously), but now remembered! Apparently, if you are ever admitted to hospital and experience delirium (short term cognitive impairment caused by infection, drug reaction etc), then you are much more likely to go on to develop dementia... Causative link as yet unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Allegro Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Logged on on to this thread to post something, forgot what it was momentarily (seriously), but now remembered! Apparently, if you are ever admitted to hospital and experience delirium (short term cognitive impairment caused by infection, drug reaction etc), then you are much more likely to go on to develop dementia... Causative link as yet unknown. Interesting. Could it not be more that somebody who is in the early (non showing) stages of Alzheimer's has an already weakened brain which makes him or her more susceptible to delirium? Or do you mean delirium at a young age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Interesting. Could it not be more that somebody who is in the early (non showing) stages of Alzheimer's has an already weakened brain which makes him or her more susceptible to delirium? Or do you mean delirium at a young age? It was mentioned in a presentation given by a gerontologist that I attended recently, based upon a paper which measured cognitive impairment of patients on admission to hospital for general surgery, then again on recovery, then at a later follow up (cannot recall how much later). Basically, those who experienced delirium during their hospitalisation did not ever regain their full level of cognition, and were then much more likely to be suffering from dementia at the later follow-up. Not sure of the mechanism, and don't think the authors speculated on that. Edit to add, it was delirium in 'older' patients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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