Babu maganin cutar Alzheimer, amma masana kimiyya suna ci gaba da bincike kan hanyoyin magance alamun cutar.
Masu bincike suna kuma aiki kan gano cutar hauka da ke da alaƙa da cutar Alzheimer da wuri, domin gano cutar da wuri zai iya taimakawa wajen magance ta.
Wani sabon bincike da aka buga a mujallar Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience ya nuna cewa uroformic acid na iya zama alamar cutar Alzheimer da za a iya gano ta da wuri.
Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka da Rigakafi ta Amurka (CDC) ta bayyana cutar mantuwa a matsayin "rashin tunani, tunani, ko yanke shawara wanda ke tsoma baki a ayyukan yau da kullun."
Baya ga cutar Alzheimer, akwai wasu nau'ikan cutar dementia kamar dementia with Lewy bodies da vascular dementia. Amma cutar Alzheimer ita ce cutar dementia da ta fi yawa.
A cewar rahoton Ƙungiyar Cututtukan Alzheimer na shekarar 2022, kimanin mutane miliyan 6.5 a Amurka suna rayuwa da wannan cuta. Bugu da ƙari, masu bincike suna sa ran wannan adadin zai ninka nan da shekarar 2050.
Bugu da ƙari, mutanen da ke fama da cutar Alzheimer mai tsanani na iya samun wahalar haɗiyewa, magana, da tafiya.
Har zuwa farkon shekarun 2000, gwajin gawarwaki shine kawai hanyar da za a tabbatar ko mutum yana da cutar Alzheimer ko wani nau'in cutar hauka.
A cewar Cibiyar Kula da Tsufa ta Ƙasa, likitoci za su iya yin huda a ƙashin baya, wanda aka fi sani da huda a ƙashin baya, don duba ko akwai alamun cutar Alzheimer.
Likitoci suna neman alamun halitta kamar beta-amyloid 42 (babban sashi na amyloid plaques a cikin kwakwalwa) kuma suna iya neman abubuwan da ba su dace ba a kan gwajin PET.
"Sabbin dabarun daukar hoto, musamman hoton amyloid, hoton PET amyloid, da hoton tau PET, suna ba mu damar ganin abubuwan da ba su dace ba a kwakwalwa yayin da wani ke raye," in ji farfesa kuma likita Kenneth M. na Michigan Public Health. A cikin Ann Arbor, wacce ba ta shiga cikin binciken ba, ta yi tsokaci a wani shirin rediyo na Michigan Medicine kwanan nan.
Akwai zaɓuɓɓuka da dama na magani don taimakawa wajen rage tsananin alamun asma da kuma rage ci gaban cutar, kodayake ba za su iya warkar da ita ba.
Misali, likita zai iya rubuta magunguna kamar donepezil ko galantamine don rage alamun asma. Maganin bincike da ake kira lecanemab shi ma yana iya rage ci gaban cutar Alzheimer.
Saboda gwajin cutar Alzheimer yana da tsada kuma ƙila ba zai yiwu ga kowa ba, wasu masu bincike suna ba da fifiko ga gwajin farko.
Masu bincike daga Jami'ar Shanghai Jiao Tong da kuma Cibiyar Nazarin Bincike ta Wuxi da ke China sun yi nazari tare kan rawar da formic acid ke takawa a matsayin alamar cutar Alzheimer a cikin fitsari.
Masana kimiyyar sun zaɓi wannan takamaiman mahaɗin ne bisa ga binciken da suka yi a baya kan alamomin cutar Alzheimer. Suna nuna rashin daidaituwar tsarin metabolism na formaldehyde a matsayin babban siffa ta rashin fahimtar juna da ke da alaƙa da shekaru.
Don wannan binciken, marubutan sun ɗauki mahalarta 574 daga Asibitin Tunawa na Asibitin Mutane na Shida na Shanghai, China.
Sun raba mahalarta zuwa ƙungiyoyi biyar bisa ga aikinsu a gwaje-gwajen aikin fahimi; waɗannan ƙungiyoyin sun kama daga lafiyayyen fahimta zuwa cutar Alzheimer:
Masu binciken sun tattara samfuran fitsari daga mahalarta don auna sinadarin formic acid da kuma samfuran jini don nazarin DNA.
Ta hanyar kwatanta matakan formic acid a kowace ƙungiya, masu binciken sun gano cewa akwai bambance-bambance tsakanin mahalarta masu lafiyayyen fahimta da waɗanda aƙalla suka sami rauni kaɗan.
Ƙungiyar da ta sami raguwar fahimta ta nuna cewa akwai sinadarin formic acid a cikin fitsari fiye da ƙungiyar da ke da lafiya a fannin fahimta.
Bugu da ƙari, waɗanda suka kamu da cutar Alzheimer suna da sinadarin formic acid mai yawa a cikin fitsarinsu fiye da waɗanda suka kamu da cutar a fannin lafiya.
Masana kimiyyar sun kuma gano cewa matakan sinadarin formic acid na fitsari suna da alaƙa da gwaje-gwajen fahimta a cikin ƙwaƙwalwa da kulawa.
"Matsakaicin sinadarin fitsari mai suna formic acid ya karu sosai a cikin rukunin binciken [ragewar fahimta], wanda ke nufin cewa ana iya amfani da sinadarin urinary formic acid don gano cutar Alzheimer da wuri," in ji marubutan.
Sakamakon wannan binciken yana da mahimmanci saboda dalilai da dama, musamman ma tsadar gano cutar Alzheimer.
Idan ƙarin bincike ya nuna cewa uric acid na iya gano raguwar fahimta, wannan zai iya zama gwaji mai sauƙin amfani kuma mai araha.
Bugu da ƙari, idan irin wannan gwajin zai iya gano raguwar fahimta da ke da alaƙa da cutar Alzheimer, ƙwararrun ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya za su iya shiga tsakani cikin sauri.
Dr. Sandra Petersen, DNP, babbar mataimakiyar shugabar lafiya da walwala a Pegasus Senior Living, ta yi magana game da binciken a wata hira da ta yi da Medical News Today:
"Canje-canje a cikin cutar Alzheimer suna farawa kimanin shekaru 20 zuwa 30 kafin a gano su kuma galibi ba a lura da su ba har sai an sami babban lahani. Mun san cewa gano cutar da wuri na iya ba wa marasa lafiya ƙarin zaɓuɓɓukan magani da kuma ikon tsara kulawa ta gaba."
"Ci gaba a cikin wannan gwajin (wanda ba shi da haɗari kuma mai araha) da ake samu ga jama'a zai zama babban abin da zai canza yanayin yaƙi da cutar Alzheimer," in ji Dr. Peterson.
Masana kimiyya kwanan nan sun gano wani alamar halitta wanda zai iya taimaka wa likitoci gano cutar Alzheimer a matakin farko. Wannan zai ba likitoci damar…
Sakamakon wani sabon bincike a kan beraye zai iya taimakawa wata rana wajen ƙirƙirar gwajin jini wanda zai zama wani ɓangare na gwajin yau da kullun don cutar Alzheimer da sauran nau'ikan…
Wani sabon bincike ya yi amfani da na'urar daukar hoton kwakwalwa ta PET don hasashen raguwar fahimta dangane da kasancewar amyloid da tau proteins a cikin kwakwalwa, in ba haka ba…
Likitoci a halin yanzu suna amfani da gwaje-gwaje da kuma hotunan fahimta daban-daban don gano cutar Alzheimer. Masu bincike sun ƙirƙiro wani tsari wanda za a iya amfani da shi akan ɗaya daga cikin…
Gwajin ido cikin sauri wata rana zai iya samar da muhimman bayanai game da lafiyar kwakwalwa. Musamman ma, yana iya gano alamun cutar hauka.