Waspada Alzheimer Pada Lansia

Alzheimer yang terjadi pada kelompok usia diatas 60 tahun, sering dipahami sebagai pikun atau demensia. Penyakit ini tergolong progresif yang menghancurkan memori dan fungsi mental, dimana koneksi sel otak merosot dan mati, namun kondisi ini bisa dihindari sejak dini.

Penyakit ini di Indonesia rerata bertambah 2 juta orang pertahun.
Pra-lansia (usia 45-55 thn) dan keluarga lansia (yang mempunyai anggota keluarga berusia diatas 60 thn) wajib hukumnya mengetahui sekaligus mengantisipasi penyebab Pikun dan memulai upaya menghindari nya agar terhindar dari kepikunan dan tidak menjadi beban bagi keluarga.
Ada kutipan menarik tentang Alzheimer dan Test ringan dari IMMA Paris hospital.
Temporary forgetfulness by the French Professor Bruno Dor of the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease (IMMA)
at La Pitié-Salpêtrière – Paris Hospitals.
He addresses the subject in a rather reassuring way:
“If anyone is aware of his memory problems, he does not have Alzheimer’s.”
1. I forget the names of families …
2. I do not remember where I put some things …

It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory.
“The information is always in the brain, it is the “processor” that is
lacking. ”

This is “Anosognosia” or temporary forgetfulness.

Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease.
The most common cases are:
– forgetting the name of a person (lupa nama seseorang)
– going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there (lupa mengapa saya pergi ke ruang itu).
– a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress (hilang ingat ttg judul film /bintangnya)
– a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys. (sering kelupaan letak kacamata atau kunci).

After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years ..

Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following statement:

“Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory.
“Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer’s, are not aware of what is happening.”

Professor Bruno Dubois, Director of IMMA, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:

“The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness.”

TEST :
Little neurological test
Cukup gunakan mata dan fokus !..

1-Temukan huruf C pada tabel huruf O dibawah ini

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2-Jika sudah menemukan huruf C, test lanjut untuk menemukan angka 6 diantara angka 9 dibawah ini

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3- Kita lanjut test ke 3, ini sedikit lebih sulit. Carilah huruf N diatara huruf M

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Jika ibu/bapak warga lanjut usia (senior citizen) bisa menyelesaikan ke 3 test tanpa kesulitan, maka kata pakar :
# rencana konsultasi kepada Neurolog/Sp.S bisa ditunda.
# otak masih berfungsi sepenuhnya.
# ibu/bp insya Allah jauh dari penyakit pikun.

Saudaraku para lanjut usia ytc, silahkan bagi info baik ini kepada sesama rekan lansia. Semoga menolong kita jauh dari penyakit Pikun

Ditulis oleh
Dr. Abidinsyah Siregar