According to recent research, it seems that people who fall a lot may have higher risks of developing Alzheimer's disease

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According to recent research, it seems that people who fall a lot may have higher risks of developing Alzheimer's disease

Researchers all over the world have been trying for a long time to see what is behind Alzheimer’s disease, how the condition worked and what made it advance so quickly.
According to a new study, it seems that early falls and balance problems may have some strong relation to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers involved in the study said that falls are typically happening during the last stage of the condition, but they also found some data which suggests that people who were at higher risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease were also more prone to fall even before the conditions installed or in its early stages. “If you meet these people on the street, they appear healthy and have no obvious cognitive problems,” said Susan Stark, Ph.D. However, she went on saying that there people have some changes in their brains which can relate to Alzheimer’s disease and they are also twice more prone to fall in comparison to other people in their age group.
What Stark and her group of researchers did was to recruit 119 volunteers who were 65 years old or older and who had been part of various studies made on this particular issue. Then, the researchers performed brain scans to all the participants and out of them all, 18 individuals showed signs of Alzheimer’s disease. All of the participants in the study were asked to write in a journal every time they experienced a fall. When that happened, the researchers asked them some questions, asked them to complete some questionnaires and they also had phone interviews related to the falls. While on the phone, the researchers got the chance to find out additional information related to the falls and they could compare and contrast the nature of the fall. Although about one third of the people over the age of 65 usually fall once a year, in people who showed signs of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain scans, the rates of falls began in the first three months of the study. According to the researchers, high levels of beta amyloid in the brain were the best predictor when it came to an increased risk of experiencing a fall in people with risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease. “Falls are a serious health concern for older adults,” Stark said. She concluded by saying that the study might provide some good insight on how people should be considered for preclinical Alzheimer’s disease as a potential cause.

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