Chisamaliro cha Dementia: Kuyenda Ulendo wa Dotolo ndi Wokondedwa Wanu

Zamkati

• Pamene tinkafunafuna malo oimikapo magalimoto kunja kwa ofesi ya katswiri wa zaubongo, amalume anga anandifunsanso, “Tsopano, unditengeriranji kuno? Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake aliyense akuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti pali china chake cholakwika ndi ine. "
• Kodi kufooka kwa malingaliro kumafala motani?
• Kodi mumamuthandiza bwanji wokondedwa wanu wamagulu amisala?
• Zomwe muyenera kuchita asanafike dokotala
• Zomwe muyenera kuchita paulendo wa dokotala
• Momwe mungasamalire bwino kunja kwa ofesi ya dokotala

Pamene tinkafunafuna malo oimikapo magalimoto kunja kwa ofesi ya katswiri wa zaubongo, amalume anga anandifunsanso, “Tsopano, unditengeriranji kuno? Sindikudziwa chifukwa chake aliyense akuwoneka kuti akuganiza kuti pali china chake cholakwika ndi ine. "

Ndinayankha mwamantha, "Chabwino, sindikudziwa. Tangoganiza kuti mufunika kupita kukaonana ndi dokotala kuti mukakambirane nkhani zina. ” Posokonezedwa ndimayendedwe anga, amalume anga amawoneka kuti ali bwino ndi yankho langa losamveka.

Kutenga wokondedwa kuti mukachezere dokotala kuti adziwe zaumoyo wawo ndizovuta. Kodi mungafotokozere bwanji nkhawa zanu kwa dokotala popanda kuchititsa manyazi wokondedwa wanu? Kodi mumawalola motani kuti azisungabe ulemu? Kodi mumatani ngati wokondedwa wanu akukana mwamphamvu kuti pali vuto? Kodi mumawapeza bwanji kuti apite kwa dokotala wawo poyamba?

Kodi kufooka kwa malingaliro kumafala motani?

Malinga ndi a, anthu mamiliyoni 47.5 padziko lonse ali ndi matenda amisala. Matenda a Alzheimer ndi omwe amayambitsa matenda amisala ndipo atha kubweretsa 60 mpaka 70% ya milandu. Ku United States, Alzheimer's Association inanena kuti anthu pafupifupi 5.5 miliyoni ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer's. Chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu azaka zopitilira 65 ku United States, chiwerengerochi chikuyembekezeka kukwera.

Ngakhale tikukumana ndi ziwerengerozi, zingakhale zovuta kuvomereza kuti matenda amisala akutikhudza ife kapena wokondedwa. Mafungulo otayika, mayina oiwalika, ndi chisokonezo zitha kuwoneka ngati zovuta kuposa vuto. Madementi ambiri amapita patsogolo. Zizindikiro zimayamba pang'onopang'ono ndipo pang'onopang'ono zimaipiraipira, malinga ndi Alzheimer's Association. Zizindikiro za matenda a dementia zitha kuwonekera bwino kwa abale kapena abwenzi.

Kodi mumamuthandiza bwanji wokondedwa wanu wamagulu amisala?

Izi zimatibweretsera momwe timakondera wokondedwa wathu kukaonana ndi katswiri wokhudzana ndi matenda awo am'mutu. Osamalira ambiri amavutika ndi zomwe angauze okondedwa awo za kuchezera kwa adotolo. Akatswiri amati zonsezi ndi momwe mungakonzekerere zomwe zingapangitse kusiyana.

"Ndimauza achibale kuti azichita ngati njira ina yodzitetezera kuchipatala, ngati kuyesa kwa colonoscopy kapena kuchuluka kwa mafupa," atero a Diana Kerwin, MD, wamkulu wa geriatrics ku Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas komanso director of Texas Alzheimer's's and Memory Disorders. "Mabanja angauze okondedwa awo kuti akupita kukayezetsa ubongo."

Zomwe muyenera kuchita asanafike dokotala

• Ikani pamodzi mndandanda wa mankhwala onse, kuphatikizapo mankhwala owonjezera pa mankhwala ndi zowonjezera. Lembani kuchuluka kwawo komanso kuchuluka kwawo. Komanso, aikeni onse m'thumba, ndipo abwere nawo kumsonkhano.
• Onetsetsani kuti mukumvetsetsa bwino za mbiri ya zamankhwala komanso banja lanu.
• Ganizirani zomwe mwawona zokhudza kukumbukira kwawo. Kodi adayamba liti kukhala ndi vuto ndi kukumbukira kwawo? Zasokoneza bwanji moyo wawo? Lembani zitsanzo zina zosintha zomwe mwawona.
• Bweretsani mndandanda wa mafunso.
• Bweretsani kope kuti mulembe zolemba.

Zomwe muyenera kuchita paulendo wa dokotala

Mukakhala komweko, inu kapena dokotala wawo mutha kuyika njira yosonyezera ulemu kwa wokondedwa wanu.

"Ndikuwadziwitsa kuti tili pano kuti tiwone ngati ndingathe kuwathandiza kukumbukira zaka 10 mpaka 20 zikubwerazi," adatero Dr. Kerwin. "Kenako, ndimafunsa wodwalayo ngati ali ndi chilolezo kuti ndilankhule ndi wokondedwa wake zomwe wawona."

Kukhala wonyamula nkhani zoyipa zitha kukhala zovuta kwa womusamalira. Koma mutha kuyang'ana kwa dokotala kuti akuthandizeni Pano. Kerwin akuti ali ndi mwayi wapadera wothandiza mabanja kuthana ndi zokambirana zovuta.

Kerwin anati: “Ndingakhale munthu woipa amene anganene kuti mwina ndi nthawi yoti ayime kuyendetsa galimoto kapena angafunike kusamukira kumalo ena.” "Pazokambirana zilizonse, ndimagwira ntchito kuti wodwalayo azichita nawo momwe angawathandizire."

Momwe mungasamalire bwino kunja kwa ofesi ya dokotala

Ngakhale odwala ena amachoka ndi mankhwala, si zachilendo kuti madotolo amawatumiza kunyumba ndi malangizo osintha zakudya zawo ndikuwonjezera zochita zawo kuti athandizire kukumbukira. Monga momwe mungakumbutsire wokondedwa wanu kumwa mankhwala awo pafupipafupi, ndikofunikanso kuti muwathandize kutsatira moyo watsopanowu, akutero Kerwin.

Tsoka ilo, kuchezera kwa madotolo ndi gawo laling'ono chabe lazovuta zomwe osamalira ambiri amakumana nazo. Ndikofunika kuti musayiwale izi. Malingana ndi Family Caregiver Alliance, kafukufuku akusonyeza kuti osamalira odwala amawonetsa kukhumudwa kwakukulu, amakhala ndi nkhawa, amakhala ndi chiopsezo chowonjezeka cha matenda amtima, komanso samadzisamalira. Pazifukwa izi, ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti olera azikumbukira kudzisamalira nawonso. Musaiwale kuti kuti mukhale nawo, thanzi lanu lakuthupi, lamaganizidwe, ndi malingaliro liyenera kukhala patsogolo.

“Ndikulimbikitsa [osamalira odwala] kuti auze dokotala wawo kuti akusamalira wokondedwa wawo, ndipo ndimawapempha kuti azitsatira ndandanda yochitira zolimbitsa thupi zomwe ndimapatsa wodwala,” akulangiza motero Kerwin. "Ndikulimbikitsanso kuti azikhala pafupi maola anayi kawiri pamlungu kutali ndi wokondedwa wawo."

Koma ine, pamapeto pake ndinapeza malo oimikapo magalimoto, ndipo amalume anga monyinyirika anapita kukaonana ndi dokotala wa minyewa. Tsopano tikuwona katswiriyu kuti akafufuze zaubongo kangapo pachaka. Ndipo ngakhale kuti nthawi zonse zimakhala zosangalatsa, nthawi zonse timachoka tikumva kulemekezedwa komanso kumva. Ndiko kuyamba kwa ulendo wautali. Koma nditabwerako koyamba, ndikumva kukhala wokonzeka kwambiri kudzisamalira ndekha komanso amalume anga.

Laura Johnson ndi wolemba yemwe amasangalala kupanga zidziwitso zaumoyo kukhala zosangalatsa komanso zosavuta kumva. Kuchokera pazinthu zatsopano za NICU komanso mbiri ya odwala mpaka pakufufuza kosavuta komanso ntchito zapagulu, Laura adalemba nkhani zosiyanasiyana zamankhwala. Laura amakhala ku Dallas, Texas, ndi mwana wake wamwamuna wachinyamata, galu wakale, ndi nsomba zitatu zomwe zidatsala.