【LOHAS Canada lahoo.ca Three Three Review】 When mentioning Alzheimer's disease, the first thing that comes to mind may be patients in their seventies and eighties. But in New Brunswick, Canada, Alzheimer's patients are actually a group of young people...
23-year-old Gabriel Cormier, a former brilliant figure skater, could never have imagined that the rest of her life would be linked to Alzheimer's...
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In October 2019, after a minor illness, Gabriel developed a series of strange symptoms: her memory became extremely poor and her vision suddenly blurred. To make matters worse, she was unable to stand for long periods of time, forcing her to walk on crutches or a wheelchair.
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Due to his weak health, Gabriel had to leave college early and his passion for figure skating. However, the results of the hospital test made her feel even more thunderbolt: she was diagnosed with progressive Alzheimer's disease, also known as Alzheimer's disease.
This caught the attention of Marrero, Gabriel's attending physician. In fact, she is not the first juvenile Alzheimer's patient. In 2018, Marrero admitted eight similar patients, all of whom were younger than 60 years old, and some were only 30 years old. By 2019, that number rose to 20, 38 in the third year, and 48 in the fourth year.
These patients all experienced uncontrollable muscle spasms, difficulty moving and fatigue, and some showed brain atrophy and neurological dysfunction through spinal punctures and brain scans.
"My patients also have hallucinations, hallucinations. Even when they are awake, they feel like they are constantly dreaming. Marrero said.
Even more curious, patients are mainly located in two regions of New Brunswick: Moncton and the Acadia Peninsula.
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The geographical similarity alarmed Marrero, who he thought could be a cluster of diseases. Perhaps environmental toxins are the culprit. He focused on the four herbicides commonly used in the region.
Marrero tested more than 200 patients and the results showed that "the vast majority of patients were exposed to one or more of these substances far beyond the detection level, sometimes very high." "However, most people are not in the relevant industry and have little exposure to herbicides in their daily lives, not to mention that the testing time is still in the winter.
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Marrero's findings drew the attention of local health officials, who suggested that the 200 patients could be contaminated with blue-green algal blooms in water sources or extensive exposure to herbicides containing glyphosate.
Since 2021, the provincial government has been fully investigating the cause of this brain disease, but in February 2022, the results of the investigation were jaw-dropping, and government investigators said there was no link between the cases. "There is no evidence of the existence of a group of unexplained neurological syndromes.
Not only that, the province has since stopped counting this brain disease, and the case is finally closed.
Some medical experts speculate that the government abruptly stopped investigating the mysterious disease to protect its economic interests, given that the region's vast fishing and forestry industries are a source of support for the local economy.
To this day, the cause of the disease in these more than 200 patients remains a mystery...