Prevent Alzheimer’s by vaccinating at 40

[Still Waters]

Alzheimer's Disease could be prevented by vaccinating people as young as 40, decades before any symptoms emerge, it has been suggested.

James Nicoll, professor of neuropathology at Southampton University, found that a vaccine can kick-start the immune system into action, and wipe out plaques that stop the brain from signalling.

http://www.telegraph...t-suggests.html

[Lilly]

Interesting hypothesis but not yet definitive.

[Silent Trinity]

I hope it does indeed prove to be effective against this condition.

Won't help me as I am 41 now and it is only being postulated

[SaraT]

A vaccination would be a blessing, if it were so. Alzheimer's is such a sad and horrible illness.

[Monkfish]

The good news mother is they have found a cure for Alzheimers, the bad news is we have sold your house to pay for the treatment.

My mother lived to a good age but contracted this disease late in life. A fall over a supermarket trolley exacerbated her condition and when she was seen walking along the street she lived in (she lived alone in a state of proud independence) my sister felt it time to have her taken into permanent care. My sister was the only one who lived close and she herself was already in her late sixties.

She died eventually from a stroke, I don't think the disease actually kills you. We do treasure some memories which seems strange but helps with the awful down side of the disease. She pushed a trolley around the home and told the nurses she was driving her car. They laughed and said she probably never driven in her life and were a bit taken aback to hear that she had actually been driving since 1932. So long ago she had a full licence but had never taken a test. My father who had died of stroke in 1964 but he was now reunited with her and every day they walked and took cycle rides with her brothers and sisters.

Her youngest brother is now 97. A war veteran of the Italian and Burma campaigns (he has the Burma Star and was mentioned in dispatches ) is still alive and resides in Vancouver with his wife of 93, their daughter, grand daughter and great grand daughter. He is fully switched on and I speak with him on skype every couple of weeks. They have been married for 70 years.

So it doesn't always run in the family. Anything that can be done should be done and this condition should not be continually swept under the carpet because of the long term financial implications. Recently the Welsh government where she resided handed back money to families who had to pay huge costs including the sale of assets and property for sufferers. About time other governments had the decency to do the same.

[WoIverine]

There's a lot of prevention methods also. Get enough sleep each night, brush your teeth regularly, throw in a heavy metal detox cleanse a couple of times per year, take your omega 3s, eat a healthy balanced diet, and get some cardio at least 3x per week.

Edited June 4, 2014 by WoIverine

[Monkfish]

Seems I've lost the ability to edit. My sister was alerted when mother paced the streets at 3.00am in her nightclothes.

I hear people say that even when diagnosed they would take their own lives rather than live with this. Sadly it isn't that easy. It's a disease which creeps up on you, You think you have it under control then it gets worse and you haven't. When you reach a point that makes you think you might do something about it it's then just too late.

My mother seemed perfectly normal then one night she had come to stay with us and at about 10.00pm she got up, left the room and came back with her coat and hat on and her suitcase. We tried to act normally then asked what was happening and she asked who's taking me home. We said you're here for another week. That got her more confused and upset. It started with little things which then grew and grew. Don't think diet helps much.

[Merc14]

This is a truly horrible disease and hopefully this pans out to prevent people suffering in teh future from Alzheimers.