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> The nuance, thankfully, is far less frightening, at least from a public health standpoint. A case series published Jan. 29 in Nature Medicine by scientists at

> The nuance, thankfully, is far less frightening, at least from a public health standpoint. A case series published Jan. 29 in Nature Medicine by scientists at University College London reported that five patients who were given growth hormones derived from human cadavers as part of a now-obsolete childhood medical treatment later developed early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. I'm currently under investigation of early-onset dementia due to significant cognitive decline in the last year or so with the earliest of symptoms being noticed about 6 years ago. This topic is particularly interesting because I had a cervical spine fusion 6 years ago with a cadaver bone used from an elderly patient. That was the beginning of my journey in hell. It seems extremely unlikely that was a route for transmitting anything to me, but nevertheless the topic posed in this article and the underlying reference articles makes me wonder. If anything, I'm grateful that it's being looked at more closely.

aantix 3y ago
I'm sorry that you're going through this. I know this is a shot in the dark, I posted this the other day. There's a correlation between poor oral hygiene and dementia/Alzheimer's. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/good-oral-health-may-help-protect-against-alzheimers https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/good-oral-healt... My dad had an infection in his teeth and died with cognitive decline. The infection isn't always visible, even with a standard X-ray from the dentist. You'll want to get a "cone CT scan". Not every dentistry will have this equipment. But it's your best bet for finding a festering, chronic dental inflammation.
- bitwize 3y ago
  Brush and floss religiously, folks. Tooth bacteria can migrate and be implicated in all sorts of shit: heart disease, colon cancer, dementia.
  - yieldcrv 3y ago
    It’s also very likely there are sins microbiomes that are more stubborn than others, where this advice isn’t effective We need more effective easily accessible solutions
- Citizen8396 3y ago
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lambdaba 3y ago
Give zerocarb, particularly high fat zerocarb a chance. Ketones heal the brain. Metabolic theory of dementia too. It's still making its way up to the mainstream but it'll eventually get there.
- loa_in_ 3y ago
  But you need to be aware that low carb high fat diet does come with slower thinking. It's temporary but you will be tempted to ditch it to "keep up" with outside demand
  - 3seashells 3y ago
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zhivota 3y ago
Are you willing to share more about how you detected/measured the decline? I have felt a bit paranoid it's happening to me but I'm not sure how to be sure.
- y-c-o-m-b 3y ago
  Sorry to respond late, not sure if you will see this. My primary concerns are the fact that I hallucinate (animals, people, objects), get lost/confused in my own neighborhood, and memory issues (can't recall family member names, word finding issues, and can't keep count to 10 when I'm exercising for example). Now this is tricky because I've also had schizotypal personality disorder and ADHD since my teens, but never any visual hallucinations or memory problems until recently. My hallucinations are not the scary type either. For example I'll hallucinate seeing a large cat run down my hallway and I'll step out of the way for it, except I don't have any pets. A 4x4 post can briefly turn into a person. Lastly I was given a brief cognitive test in my doctor's office and I scored at the same level as someone with dementia. It's important to emphasize this may not be dementia, and could be something else entirely like hormones, liver, thyroid, or other neurological problems that mimic the symptoms of dementia/alzheimers. That being said, dementia is what my doctor has sent me to a neurologist for and what we're testing for.
  - zhivota 3y ago
    Gotcha, yeah those are much more overt than I was expecting. I hope you get it figured out. I was expecting it would be more like generic concentration and memory issues. For what it's worth, my dad got a form of dementia and the hallucinations weren't part of it. It was more just forgetting things that he had always known, like the road network around where I grew up. My mom said he would call sometimes and say he couldn't remember how to get home from places where he had been many times. Also just a change in affect overall which wasn't obvious at the time, because of how gradual it happened, but later was very obvious in retrospect.

aantix 3y ago

I'm sorry that you're going through this. I know this is a shot in the dark, I posted this the other day. There's a correlation between poor oral hygiene and dementia/Alzheimer's. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/good-oral-health-may-help-protect-against-alzheimers https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/good-oral-healt... My dad had an infection in his teeth and died with cognitive decline. The infection isn't always visible, even with a standard X-ray from the dentist. You'll want to get a "cone CT scan". Not every dentistry will have this equipment. But it's your best bet for finding a festering, chronic dental inflammation.

bitwize 3y ago
Brush and floss religiously, folks. Tooth bacteria can migrate and be implicated in all sorts of shit: heart disease, colon cancer, dementia.
- yieldcrv 3y ago
  It’s also very likely there are sins microbiomes that are more stubborn than others, where this advice isn’t effective We need more effective easily accessible solutions
Citizen8396 3y ago
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lambdaba 3y ago

Give zerocarb, particularly high fat zerocarb a chance. Ketones heal the brain. Metabolic theory of dementia too. It's still making its way up to the mainstream but it'll eventually get there.

loa_in_ 3y ago
But you need to be aware that low carb high fat diet does come with slower thinking. It's temporary but you will be tempted to ditch it to "keep up" with outside demand
- 3seashells 3y ago
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zhivota 3y ago

Are you willing to share more about how you detected/measured the decline? I have felt a bit paranoid it's happening to me but I'm not sure how to be sure.

y-c-o-m-b 3y ago
Sorry to respond late, not sure if you will see this. My primary concerns are the fact that I hallucinate (animals, people, objects), get lost/confused in my own neighborhood, and memory issues (can't recall family member names, word finding issues, and can't keep count to 10 when I'm exercising for example). Now this is tricky because I've also had schizotypal personality disorder and ADHD since my teens, but never any visual hallucinations or memory problems until recently. My hallucinations are not the scary type either. For example I'll hallucinate seeing a large cat run down my hallway and I'll step out of the way for it, except I don't have any pets. A 4x4 post can briefly turn into a person. Lastly I was given a brief cognitive test in my doctor's office and I scored at the same level as someone with dementia. It's important to emphasize this may not be dementia, and could be something else entirely like hormones, liver, thyroid, or other neurological problems that mimic the symptoms of dementia/alzheimers. That being said, dementia is what my doctor has sent me to a neurologist for and what we're testing for.
- zhivota 3y ago
  Gotcha, yeah those are much more overt than I was expecting. I hope you get it figured out. I was expecting it would be more like generic concentration and memory issues. For what it's worth, my dad got a form of dementia and the hallucinations weren't part of it. It was more just forgetting things that he had always known, like the road network around where I grew up. My mom said he would call sometimes and say he couldn't remember how to get home from places where he had been many times. Also just a change in affect overall which wasn't obvious at the time, because of how gradual it happened, but later was very obvious in retrospect.