SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) – Depression can lead to loneliness and loneliness, but a long-term study in the United States has found that both conditions can be a sign of dementia.
The 9-year study, conducted on more than 2,000 patients between the ages of 70 and 80 at the University of California, San Francisco, found a clear link between dementia and loneliness.
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Dr. Meredith Buck, lead author of the report, published in the latest issue of the research journal Neurology, says the link is so strong that it could be a sign of dementia. However, this behavior is by no means the cause of dementia.
It should be noted that dementia is not a single disease but a collective name for various mental illnesses. And all of this is due to the rapid depletion of brain cells that lead to diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
The study found that the older adults had symptoms of loneliness and abnormal fatigue, the more likely they were to develop dementia.
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Even seniors with severe loneliness and fatigue were 80% more likely to develop dementia than other healthy and well-adjusted seniors.