Another dementia warning
What’s the point of telling us all these warning signs of impending dementia? If there was much to be done to prevent the deterioration, I could understand it. But as far as I know there isn’t a whole lot except recommendations for general health like exercise and keep a healthy weight.
But anyway, here’s the latest correlation with dementia:
Participants with a voice disorder but no hearing loss were 58 percent more likely to develop cognitive problems or dementia later on, while for those with a voice disorder and hearing loss the chances more than doubled: 104 percent. …
It’s important to note that cause and effect isn’t proven here: having a voice quality problem doesn’t mean later brain health complications are inevitable, or that the voice issues are directly triggering cognitive decline, dementia, or Alzheimer’s disease (the study didn’t separate these three end results).
One thing that occurs to me is that voice problems – particularly, a soft voice – can go along with Parkinson’s, which can also correlate with dementia.
No offense, but I’m not going to read the article. I don’t like to think about it, so I won’t.
I had a friend with high-blood pressure. He had a stroke and afterward his voice sounded like Daffy Duck.
I don’t know if that ever cleared up.
What is a “voice disorder”? I refuse to read about dementia warning signals if there is no treatment to forstall or prevent dementia. What’s the point of such studies as this one?
My exact thoughts on medical testing – if nothing can be done for it, why bother testing for a condition if ‘early detection’ does nothing for the prognosis? I worry enough as it is. If it is to ‘prepare’, I’m all set if I get hit by a truck tomorrow, don’t need a long range plan.
Even more broadly as I dealt with some treatable health issues of my own is “don’t do a test if the result won’t change your treatment plan”, which I thought was good advice since there seems to be tests for everything which becomes data but no changes for what to do or prognosis.