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eFAD (early-onset Alzheimer’s disease) runs in my wife’s family. It’s a simple Mendelian dominant genetic trait. If you get the mutated gene from your parent, y
by armadsen 3y ago
eFAD (early-onset Alzheimer’s disease) runs in my wife’s family. It’s a simple Mendelian dominant genetic trait. If you get the mutated gene from your parent, you get Alzheimer’s. Not “well, you might get it”. You get it. Usually in your early to mid 50s. Her dad is in his early 60s and is in the late stages of the disease. It’s far, far more complex a disease than just “don’t eat sugar”.
- bitwize 3y agoeFAD is quite a distinct disease from late-onset Alzheimer's. Just like type 1 diabetes is distinct from type 2 diabetes, the latter of which is as simple as "don't eat sugar". Both types of diabetes are linked to LOAD.