Fillings In Teeth & Dementia?

I had a light bulb moment! I really don't know whether there
is a connection or not but hindsight does have merit.

Anyway, what am I prattling on about - well I was reading an
article about the effect of mercury found in amalgan fillings in
our teeth and that there is some evidence to support that this
can affect memory.

Over the last few years my Mum's teeth had deteriorated to
a shocking state. Broken, chipped and badly decayed teeth.
It didn't help either that Mum wouldn't co-operate and open
her mouth long enough for somebody to clean her teeth
for her either.

A Dentist came to check Mum's teeth and concluded that they
were well past saving and that the best thing for Mum would
be to pull what was left of them out.

So about six weeks ago Mum had the first section of teeth
removed. It went really well. Mum was given a tablet just to
relax her and then whilst she lay in bed the Dentist went to
work removing her teeth.

To make a very long story short.

Mum is now eating so much better. Whereas before it was a
constant struggle to get Mum to open her mouth for food now
she eats easily.

It now very apparent that her teeth were giving her absolute
grief BUT it's so hard to tell isn't it - I mean Mum couldn't talk,
she showed no outward signs of pain or discomfort so it's
really difficult to tell - she was on pain killers just in case though.

The other morning when I went to visit Mum the staff greeted
me with excitement telling me that Mum had actually eaten her
lunch by herself - with utensils! Now that's something! Mum hasn't
feed herself for nearly a year.

Anyway the point of all this is Mum seems so much better in
so many ways lately and I just wondered to myself whether
having all that amalgum/mercury teeth fillings removed has
improved her overall.

Wouldn't that be a coincidence if it really did help Mum to remove
those nasty old fillings.

Americans Under 65 With Alzheimer's Disease

More Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in Americans under 65

Here is an interesting article for Carers of Alzheimer's sufferer's. You wouldn't want to be in this poor ladies shoes caring for a strong fit 57 year old with Alzheimer's disease - when he gets in a bad mood.

This raises the question though of the difficulties that carers have to face in this day and age as people become younger and younger as they are struck down with the Disease.