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Our Beautiful Female CoR WhoRes (fixed) (pg. 42)
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by squirrelly
Yea +1 on that!
I always thought they were remarkably similar, but it always seems as though they have a clear defined line and somehow they are different. |
Same here. And I enjoy reading and understanding medical things too, but never really looked into Alzheimer's and dementia.
That is crazy! |
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| Omega_Blue |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
The more you know!
That is interesting though. They never say that. Here in the US they make it as if dementia is some extreme form of Alzheimer's or as if it is unrelated. At least that is the impression I have always gotten. |
that, or that alzheimer's will eventually progress into dementia after a long enough period of time |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_Blue
that, or that alzheimer's will eventually progress into dementia after a long enough period of time |
See, I haven't even heard that before. I know my great grandfather had Alzheimer's, but I don't ever remember hearing dementia being thrown around. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by squirrelly
It's actually my boyfriends biggest fear as well. Every time we see a movie where one of the characters gets dementia (notebook and away from her - which on second thought might have just been Alzheimer's) it rattles us to the bone because we never want it to be that when he looks at me, I have no idea who he is - or vice versa. That is THE scariest thing to me. :nervous: |
Apparently nicotine and caffine use are corolated to lower instances of dementia... but that may just be because they're also corolated to a higher probability of a whole bunch of other that will kill you first. The good news is; if I make it to my old age I should be alright! |
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| squirrelly |
:stongue:
Then apparently - us, too! :gsmile: |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
caffine use are corolated to lower instances of dementia... |
Sweet... reason 23409823 to keep my Tims addiction :) |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Is there any history of it in your family? There's pretty strong hereditary links, but nothing conclusive. The other major contributing factor is environment. Things like alcoholism, low socio-economic status, lower education levels, etc. Oh and head and/or brain trauma, including strokes.
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that makes me feel better. no one in my family has alzheimers. my nana (mom's mom) was a raging alcoholic but that's it. both of my parents are pretty normal, no depression or drug abuse or anything (except for the typical 70s era crap). my mom barely even had any menopause symptoms. she never went on hormone therapy or anything, she didn't need it.
thank i've got some decent genes in my family. the only thing i have to worry about i think is skin cancer, which i'm fine with because i dont ever try to tan any more and always use sunscreen. and then colon cancer is in my family and i've got digestive problems, so i'll probably be getting my colonoscopy in my late 30s just to be safe.
i'd much rather have to worry about those 2 things in my later years than the mental . |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_Blue
that, or that alzheimer's will eventually progress into dementia after a long enough period of time |
Alzheimer's IS dementia. It doesn't progress into it. You have dementia as your blanket term that encompasses many different types of dementia. |
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| Banora |
| Wow, the old c0rwhores are beautiful! Jenny and Slylee still look the same! |
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| Silky Johnson |
Lol it's only been 3 years! How much do you expect we should have aged?
But yeah, still got it. :o |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Lol it's only been 3 years! How much do you expect we should have aged?
But yeah, still got it. :o |
I think I look pretty different now.
:wtf: |
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| wienerschnitzel |
| me too.. wait.... no probably not.:gsmile: |
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