Guest: Xu Jun, Deputy Director and Chief Physician of the Department of Dementia, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Keywords: age spots, tangles, time window, cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, reversal
Are you over 53 years old? Do you have a body mass index of more than 30kg/㎡? Do you have less than 7 years of education? Is your blood pressure higher than 140/90 mm Hg? Today's program will start with a series of seemingly ordinary questions, but the more times you answer "yes", the closer your brain is to a terrible type of lesion! This kind of lesion will gradually fill the brain with "plaques", which do not occur in the blood vessels, but are no less fatal and disabling than cerebral infarction! In the first 15-20 years, we may be unaware or have only atypical symptoms, and we miss the opportunity to turn around. Today's experts will screen out the lucky ones in the "golden reversal period" in the audience through multiple sets of tests, please pay attention to the lecture "Don't Let the Brain Be Full of "Age Spots"" by Professor Xu Jun of the Department of Cognitive Impairment of Beijing Tiantan Hospital.
The two aunts with the highest risk of on-site assessment took the stage to take three sets of tests brought by Professor Xu: the first question tests the comprehensive ability to execute thinking, vision and hearing by beating the drum according to the specific number or color read, the second question memorizes the suit and position of mahjong tiles in a few seconds, and examines the memory and visual spatial ability, and the third question examines the calculation ability. After three rounds of testing, there was indeed an audience member who had a low degree of completion, and before the test, whether it was communicating with the host or completing simple instructions, she did not have any abnormalities! Professor Xu told us: If you have obvious symptoms and then go to the doctor, more than 60% of the patients are already moderate to severe! What interesting brain training can help us detect this kind of lesion first? Don't miss tonight's program.
It turns out that this kind of disease that is gradually covered with "age spots" in the brain is Alzheimer's disease, and the latest progress brought by Professor Xu today is: this disease can be reversed! The "reversal" here contains two meanings: first, under the premise of early diagnosis and early intervention, the related symptoms of cognitive impairment can not progress or even be reduced; second, through amyloid PET brain imaging technology, the disappearance of lesions can be seen on the image! For this major progress in the field of neurology, which three groups of people benefit the most? If you have a first-degree relative who already has Alzheimer's disease, what tests can you do to diagnose it earlier?
【Expert Visiting Information】
Jun Xu, Department of Dementia, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Special Needs Outpatient Clinic on Wednesday morning
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