Source: Sichuan Online
Sichuan Online Zhang Yuxuan
Recently, the second member congress of the Alzheimer's Disease Prevention and Control Association (China) was held in Beijing, and Professor Wang Xiaoming, dean of the School of Nursing, vice president of the affiliated hospital and doctoral supervisor of Chuanbei Medical College, was elected as the vice president. On February 20, he introduced the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease to Sichuan Online.
For 35 years, Wang Xiaoming has been committed to the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and science popularization, and in 2019, he was selected as a "Famous Doctor of Tianfu" and won the title of "Sichuan Provincial Health Leading Talent" in the third session. He believes that in addition to cerebrovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease is a focus of neurological diseases in the elderly.
Professor Wang Xiaoming introduced that Alzheimer's disease is only one of the old-age dementias, but its proportion is very high, and basically two-thirds of the elderly dementia belongs to Alzheimer's disease. According to statistics, Alzheimer's disease generally appears in the elderly period, that is, after the age of 60, and the prevalence increases significantly with age. Professor Wang Xiaoming used an easy-to-understand analogy: it is a bit like porridge that has become bad for a long time, which is an irreversible change. “
Some patients encountered more than ten years ago, Professor Wang Xiaoming still remembers vividly: "Their living habits have changed a lot, the people who were clean and sharp before have become sloppy, the people who were open-minded and humble before have become strange and grumpy, and the family feels like a changed person, but they have not thought about Alzheimer's disease, only think that it is a change in personality during menopause, or have anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses, until there is an accident such as loss and fall, and only know that they have Alzheimer's disease." ”
Professor Wang Xiaoming said that this has brought a great burden to society and families, in fact, if you think about it, these patients have long had dementia manifestations, so it is necessary to increase the popular science education of Alzheimer's disease, so that more people can understand and understand, intervene early, and treat early.
"China is still relatively backward in the field of alzheimer's prevention and control, the early diagnosis rate of Alzheimer's disease is low, the treatment is not standardized, the prevention and control situation is grim, and in the face of the acceleration of the aging process of the population, we must attach great importance to this research." Professor Wang Xiaoming said.
Professor Wang Xiaoming, who was elected vice president, said, "Next, the focus of my work is still in western China, and I will continue to increase the investigation and research of areas with high incidence of dementia, especially ethnic minority areas and poor areas, and at the same time increase science popularization and education, and intervene in some bad living habits and high-risk factors." ”
Professor Wang Xiaoming said that it is necessary to make full use of the advantages of the teachers and teaching of the School of Nursing of North Sichuan Medical College, as well as the advanced medical concepts, medical teams and medical conditions of the affiliated hospital of the "National Nursing Science Education Base of the Chinese Nursing Association", lead the team to train and guide the medical personnel in the western region, truly realize the education from teaching to science popularization and early intervention, and promote the improvement of the level of dementia prevention and control in the western region “
(Image source: Courtesy of Chuanbei Medical College)