Uzibuza ukuthi ngabe umuntu omthandayo unesifo se-Alzheimer ? Wazi kanjani?
Izikrini ezingqondweni
Enye indlela yokuhlola isifo se-Alzheimer ukuhlola ukusebenza kobuchopho. Kukhona ukuhlolwa okungenangqondo okusetshenziswe kaningi okungasetshenziselwa ukuhlola imemori yomuntu, ukusebenza okuphezulu , amakhono okuxhumana kanye nokusebenza okujwayelekile kokuzicabangela. Lezi zingasiza kakhulu ekuboneni ukuthi ngabe kukhona inkinga, noma uma nje kuphelelwa yisikhathi ememori.
Kodwa-ke, kunezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zokuhlukumezeka kwengqondo, kanye nezinye izimo ezingabangela izimpawu zengqondo ye-dementia kodwa zibuyiselwa . Ngakho, ungatshela kanjani?
Ukufaniswa kwe-Magnetic Resonance
Ithuluzi elilodwa elisetshenziselwa kaningi i-MRI. Asinayo i-test ngqo kodwa okwamanje ihlolisisa isifo se-Alzheimer , kodwa ukucabanga kwe-resonance magnetic (MRI) kungasiza ngezindlela ezimbalwa ezahlukene.
Ukukhishwa Kweminye Imibandela
I-MRI ingasetshenziswa ukuqeda ezinye izimbangela zokulahlekelwa inkumbulo njengokucindezela okuvamile kwe-hydrocephalus , ukuvimbela isisu noma isifo . Ngezinye izikhathi, i-MRI ingathola isizathu esiphendukayo sokuncipha kwengqondo ukuthi, ngokuphathwa ngendlela efanele, ingagudluzwa futhi ukusebenza kokuqonda kuyabuyiselwa.
Linganisa Ivolumu ku-Brain
I-MRI ingahlinzeka ikhono lokubuka ubuchopho nge-3D imaging. Ingakwazi ukulinganisa usayizi nenani lamaseli ku- hippocampus , indawo yobuchopho obubonisa ngokuvamile i- atrophy (shrinkage) ngesikhathi se-Alzheimer's disease.
I-hippocampus inesibopho sokufinyelela inkumbulo okuvame ukuba yinye yemisebenzi yokuqala yokuhlaselwa ngokucacile ku-Alzheimer's.
I-MRI yomuntu one-Alzheimer's disease ingabonisa nokuthi i-parietal atrophy. I-lobe ye-parietal yengqondo itholakala engxenyeni engenhla yangaphakathi yobuchopho futhi inesibopho semisebenzi ehlukahlukene ehlanganisa ukubuka okubukwayo, ukuhleleka nokubala, nomqondo wendawo yomzimba wethu.
Ucwaningo oluqhubekayo
Ukusetshenziswa kwe-imaging yobuchopho, kuhlanganise ne-MRI, ukuthola isifo se-Alzheimer kuyinto yokugxila kwamaphrojekthi amaningi ocwaningo. Isibonelo, i-Alzheimer's Neuroimaging Initiative (i-ADNI) iqoqe imiphumela yokucabangela nemiphumela yocwaningo iminyaka eminingana ukuze inqume indlela engeyona engavamile yokuthola i-Alzheimer ngaphambilini ekuqaleni kwenqubo yesifo.
Izinyathelo Ezilandelayo
Uma ukhathazekile ngokuthi wena noma umuntu omthandayo angase abe nesifo se-Alzheimer, yenza i-aphoyintimenti nodokotela wakho ukuhlola lokhu kungenzeka. Yize kungase kube yinto ekhanyekayo yokwenza, kunezinzuzo eziningi ekutholeni kwangaphambili izinkinga zengqondo . Ngokuhambisana nokuhlolwa kwengqondo futhi mhlawumbe i-MRI, udokotela angase ahlole ukuhlolwa okungeziwe ukuze abone ukuthi ubukhulu buni nezinkinga zezinkumbulo noma ezinye izinto ezikhathazayo. Ukuxilongwa okunembile kungasiza ukuqondisa indlela yokwelashwa okungabandakanya kokubili imithi kanye nezinqubo ezihambisanayo .
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