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I have been reading about type 2 developing into 3 and is linked to Alzheimer’s is
there anything to worry about
 
Well only where diabetes and Alzheimers co- exist - have you got Alzheimers?
 
Well FWIW I've never heard that having D makes anyone more likely to get A - plus people will often say that someone has A, when really the poor old bugger has got senile dementia - perhaps they feel a bit ashamed to call the spade a shovel in 'polait' company in this case?

My mom had the senile sort - we knew 100% she had, having been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and going in for her operation when she told me and my sister that Miss T (the gynae, married for donkeys years but still trading under her first name LOL) had removed her womb, cleaned it out and replaced it - when she'd had a total hysterectomy and bilateral oopherectomy - ie everything whipped out and incinerated. We did tell the gynae this, to no avail - so people like the butcher had to continue to be loudly castigated for being closed 'yesterday' in a shop full of customers when yesterday was a Bank Holiday Monday, and suchlike, for quite a while after that.

So perhaps I'll go the same way? I don't know - nobody does. But a relly of my husband got early onset A - he's still cared for at home, but it's by no means the same, or the best place for him or his wife, as time goes on.
 
trophywench said:
Well FWIW I've never heard that having D makes anyone more likely to get A - plus people will often say that someone has A, when really the poor old bugger has got senile dementia - perhaps they feel a bit ashamed to call the spade a shovel in 'polait' company in this case?

My mom had the senile sort - we knew 100% she had, having been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and going in for her operation when she told me and my sister that Miss T (the gynae, married for donkeys years but still trading under her first name LOL) had removed her womb, cleaned it out and replaced it - when she'd had a total hysterectomy and bilateral oopherectomy - ie everything whipped out and incinerated. We did tell the gynae this, to no avail - so people like the butcher had to continue to be loudly castigated for being closed 'yesterday' in a shop full of customers when yesterday was a Bank Holiday Monday, and suchlike, for quite a while after that.

So perhaps I'll go the same way? I don't know - nobody does. But a relly of my husband got early onset A - he's still cared for at home, but it's by no means the same, or the best place for him or his wife, as time goes on.
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What's the difference between Alz and senile dementia?
 
As far as I know they are different classifications, there now seems to be many these day.
 
I am not sure that the links are clear yet.

It seems that there is so e evidence that t2 diabetes, and insulin resistance increase risk of a person developing dementia

blogs.diabetes.org.uk

What’s the story behind diabetes and dementia? – Manuela Volta

Tweet I have always being fascinated by the brain, so I became a neuroscientist and spent many years of my life studying the brain…
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and that diabetes in older people may be linked with an increased risk of cognitive decline

News & Views | Diabetes UK

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It doesn’t yet seem clear whether there is a causal link between the two, or which direction that link might take - only that there appears to be an association.

I suspect trying to keep your diabetes as well managed as possible, and avoiding exposure to hypoglycaemia, is likely to be the best way to reduce risk.
 
I was rather alarmed. By articled connecting type 2 with Alzheimer’s does this mean if you have type 2 it’s inevitable you will get Alzheimersy
 
No. Can't put it simpler than that!
 
I've merged the two threads to keep the responses together 🙂
 
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