Oh the tauopathy! An Update on Alzheimer's Disease
- Jamie Sorenson
- Apr 26
- 1 min read
Oh the tauopathy! This is my new favorite word. Thanks to some brainiacs at Wash U we now have a biomarker to diagnose and estimate the severity of Alzheimer's Disease. This is update is honestly really cool though.
When I was in medical school we couldn’t diagnose Alzheimer’s without a brain biopsy and almost no one was willing to do them until after people passed away for obvious reasons. Now there are a few biomarkers for us to measure and study. It may seem silly for me to be interested in Alzheimer’s as a reproductive psychiatrist, but my hope is that in better understanding the risk factors for dementia that we can improve the quality of life for many of my patients for years to come. Individual’s with a history of mental illnesses have a higher risk of dementia and specifically Alzheimer’s.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #alzheimers #dementia #memory #concentration
My husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at 55; he would hallucinate and have conversations with who he was seeing. Last year he turned 64 and was no longer able to walk; his speech was becoming impaired. The doctor prescribed Seroquel. It helped, but not for long. Around January this year we started him on the Neuro x program that was introduced to us by his primary care doctor, 2 months into treatment he improved dramatically. At the end of the full treatment course, the disease is totally under control. No case of dementia, hallucination, memory loss, the disease is totally under control. visit www. uinehealthcentre.net I hope someone finds it helpful.