Until now it was known that diabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular, eye or kidney , but according to the newest in the field study , patients with diabetes have an increased risk to suffer from Alzheimer's .
The more time doctors suspected that diabetes affects blood vessels that help brain oxygenation , and now this hypothesis was confirmed , moreover demonstrated that the damage gets worse with the increasing inability of the body to control blood sugar.
"Currently we have not much information on Alzheimer's pathology , but if I could control vascular disease , then there is the possibility the disease evolve slowly , "said Dr.Yaakov Stern , a specialist in treating Alzheimer's disease at Columbia University Medical Center . Also , Dr. Ralhp Nixon from New York University , says that patients with diabetes should not panic because now the genetic factors are the primary cause of dementia.
Discoveries
1 . Brain function is slower in the body as sugar level is higher , so before the onset of disease patients have obvious memory problems .
2 . Patients with diabetes or hypercholesterolemia shows a higher risk of suffering from Alzheimer's .
3 . Type 2 diabetes occurs as a result of insulin resistance , because the hormone that converts sugar into energy becomes inactive . A similar effect occurs and the brain , which explains the link between diabetes and dementia . More specifically insulin influence memory in different ways , and body resistance to insulin affects brain cells that lead activities .
Experts recommend people with diabetes to properly treat and control the cholesterol level and blood pressure treatment as leading to poor oxygenation of the brain , leading to the first appearance of memory problems .
