Gabriela Jiménez, Minister of Science and Technology, considers it important to expand knowledge about Alzheimer’s and its early detection. She warned that a quarter of the population is diagnosed with this scourge late and that 10% of world citizens after the age of 65 suffer from this disease.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, announced on Saturday, December 10 that Venezuela will sign agreements to increase studies on Alzheimer’s disease, this during the visit made by the doctor of Pharmacy Gorka Orive in a presentation held at the Simón Bolívar University.
Jiménez, expressed the need to broaden the country’s knowledge about this disease, after the conference offered by Orive about advances in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s through saliva.
During her opening speech at the event, Minister Jiménez stated that the visit of the eminent doctor “is part of the cooperation links with relevant figures in the scientific field, to work on diagnostic strategies that allow us to get closer to the patient, rather than develop Alzheimer’s.”
“Gorka Orive’s visit to Venezuela is part of the cooperation links with relevant figures in the scientific field, to work on diagnostic strategies that allow us to get closer to the patient, before they develop Alzheimer’s”: @Gabrielasjr. pic.twitter.com/iZWAqRzXVg
– Ministry for Science and Technology (@Mincyt_VE) December 10, 2022
In their social networksthe head of the Science and Technology office recalled that there are diagnoses that are underestimated, noting that a quarter of the population is diagnosed with this scourge late and that 10% of world citizens after the age of 65 suffer from this disease .
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He emphasized that work should be done on strategies that allow the advance of Alzheimer’s to be delayed, such as healthier lifestyle habits, better nutrition and having more sports. Diagnosing in time, she said, helps to facilitate taking measures to alleviate the degeneration that this disease produces in humans.
We started the seminar on advances in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The doctor @gorka_orive updates us on this dementia and warns about the underdiagnosis of this pathology in the world: 1/4 patients are diagnosed late in the world pic.twitter.com/spZnjBY3mK
— Gabriela Jiménez (@Gabrielasjr) December 10, 2022
For this reason, early diagnosis allows us to eliminate the gap between symptoms and diagnosis. The possibility of identifying the patient with a universal access test is vital, which favors care for the patient and their families. We want to work for life!
— Gabriela Jiménez (@Gabrielasjr) December 10, 2022
In his presentation, the specialist Gorka Orive stated that Alzheimer’s appears in the human body about 15 years before the clinical symptoms appear; therefore, it is asymptomatic at first. He explained that there are medicines that are polluting for man and could be a catalyst for this pathology.
«When we excrete the drugs from our body we no longer have a responsibility. That has to be changed! If we state that our health is closely linked to environmental and animal health, we can no longer separate it,” he stressed.
The president of the Alzheimer’s Foundation Venezuela, Mira Josic de Hernández, calculated in 2018 that in the country there are about 180,000 families affected by this chronic and progressive disease that impairs memory.
He pointed out that currently in the country’s pharmacies “none” of the drugs necessary to combat this condition are available, so relatives and relatives of patients must purchase them in other nations.
With additional information from Orinoco Mail
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