实用医学英语8.2 第二次课 (1).pptx

RiskFactorsforDementia主讲人：邹莉

RiskFactorsforDementiaHeadTraumaandHeartTraumaAgeFamilyHistoryandRiskGenes

1Age

ABCAriskfactorissomethingthatincreasesthechanceofdevelopingacertaindisease.一、AgeThemostcommonriskfactorforalltypesofdementiaisage.Ageisariskfactorthatscompletelyoutofourcontrol.

Dementiaisveryrareinpeopleundertheageof65yearsoldbutbecomesverycommonafterage80.Age一、Age

Unfortunately,thereasonastowhythisriskofdevelopingdementiaincreasesaswegetolderismostlyunknown.Age一、Age

2HeadTraumaandHeartTrauma

Thereisastronglinkthatexistsbetweenheadinjuryanddementialateroninlife，Especiallyhigh-impactsportslikefootballorbasketball.HeadTrauma二、HeadTraumaandHeartTrauma

Protectyourbrain!Itsreallyimportant!HeadTrauma二、HeadTraumaandHeartTraumaActually,iflessbloodsgettingtobrain,itwouldhaveanincreasedriskofdamagingyourbraincellsanddevelopingsomesortofdementia.

HeartTrauma二、HeadTraumaandHeartTraumaAndanotherriskfactorisactuallyhearttrauma.Scientistsandhealthprofessionalsarecontinuingtoseelinksbetweenbrainhealthandhearthealth.

3FamilyHistoryandRiskGenes

三FamilyHistoryandRiskGenesThatistosay,someoneelseinyourfamilyalsohasdevelopedAlzheimers,thentheriskofyoudevelopingAlzheimersgrowsevenmuchmore.Thethirdriskfactorthattendstobemostlyoutofourcontrolisfamilyhistory.

三FamilyHistoryandRiskGenesScientistsarewellawarethatspecificgenesareinvolvedevenfurtherAlzheimersdiseasehasbothwhatwecallriskgenesanddeterministicgenes.

SummaryThingslikepoordietandobseity,diabetes,smokingandheavyalcoholusewillincreaseyourriskofbothheartdiseasesanddementia.Thatbeingsaid,protectourbodyanddevelopahealthyandregularlifestyle!

THANKS主讲人：邹莉