Mayesero Atsopano Achipatala Amafufuza Kukondoweza Kwa Ubongo Wakuya Kuti Muchiritse Alzheimer's

"Tadziwa kugwiritsa ntchito DBS kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi awiri pochiza matenda oyenda monga Parkinson ndi kunjenjemera kofunikira kuti njirayi ndi yotetezeka komanso yolekerera bwino," adatero Dr. Whiting. Anthu opitilira 160,000 padziko lonse lapansi alandila chithandizo cha DBS pamikhalidwe imeneyi.

AHN ndi amodzi mwa malo 20 okha ku United States osankhidwa kutenga nawo gawo pa Phunziro la ADvance II lomwe likuchitikanso ku Canada ndi Germany.

Matenda a Alzheimer ndi mtundu wofala kwambiri wa dementia. Pafupifupi 6.2 miliyoni, kapena mmodzi mwa anthu asanu ndi anayi a ku America azaka za 65 ndi kupitirira akukhala ndi Alzheimer's; 72 peresenti ali ndi zaka 75 kapena kupitirira. Matenda a Alzheimer's ndi matenda omwe amapita patsogolo ndipo pamapeto pake, ma neuron omwe ali m'madera ena a ubongo omwe amathandiza munthu kuchita ntchito zofunika kwambiri za thupi, monga kuyenda ndi kumeza zimakhudzidwa. Matendawa amapha ndipo palibe mankhwala odziwika. 

DBS ya Alzheimer's imaphatikizapo kugwiritsa ntchito chipangizo choyikidwa chofanana ndi pacemaker ya mtima ndi mawaya awiri omata omwe amapereka mphamvu zochepa zamagetsi kudera la ubongo lotchedwa fornix (DBS-f), lomwe limagwirizanitsidwa ndi kukumbukira ndi kuphunzira. Kukondoweza kwamagetsi kumakhulupirira kuti kumayambitsa mayendedwe okumbukira muubongo kuti awonjezere ntchito yake.

Kufufuza kosasinthika, kopanda khungu kawiri kudzatenga zaka zinayi kwa otenga nawo mbali, aliyense wa iwo adzayesedwa ovomerezeka a Alzheimer's asanakhazikitsidwe neurostimulator. Zotsatira za kuwunika kwakuthupi, m'malingaliro, ndi kuzindikira kwachidziwitso kudzagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati muyeso woyambira pomwe amawunikiridwa pafupipafupi kuti adziwe kuchuluka kwa matenda a Alzheimer panthawi yonse yophunzira.

Pambuyo pa kuikidwa, magawo awiri mwa atatu mwa odwalawo adzasinthidwa mwachisawawa kuti neurostimulator yawo iyambe kugwira ntchito ndipo gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu aliwonse adzasiyidwa. Odwala omwe chipangizo chawo chazimitsidwa kumayambiriro kwa kafukufukuyu adzachitsegula pakadutsa miyezi 12.

Pa nthawi yonse ya mayesero a zachipatala, ochita nawo kafukufuku adzayang'aniridwa ndi gulu lamitundu yambiri la AHN akatswiri a ubongo, akatswiri a zamaganizo ndi a neurosurgeon, kuphatikizapo Dr. Whiting ndi anzake a AHN neurosurgeon ndi DBS katswiri Nestor Tomycz, MD.

Kuti ayenerere mayeso, odwala ayenera kukhala azaka 65 kapena kupitilira apo, atapezeka kuti ali ndi matenda a Alzheimer's, kukhala ndi thanzi labwino, komanso kukhala ndi womusamalira kapena wachibale yemwe angawaperekeze kwa dokotala.

"Zotsatira za magawo oyambirira a mayesero a zachipatalawa zikulonjeza ndipo zimasonyeza kuti mankhwalawa angathandize odwala omwe ali ndi Alzheimer's pang'onopang'ono mwa kukhazikika ndi kupititsa patsogolo chidziwitso chawo," adatero Dr. Whiting. "Kunena kuti zotsatira zabwino za kafukufukuyu zitha kusintha miyoyo ya anthu mamiliyoni ambiri aku America omwe akhudzidwa ndi matenda ofooketsawa, omwe amapha sikungonena mopanda pake. Ndife okondwa kukhala m'gulu lamagulu ochita opaleshoni odziwika padziko lonse lapansi omwe amapereka odwala a Alzheimer's mwayi wopeza njira zatsopanozi. "

Pansi pa utsogoleri wa Dr. Whiting, AHN's Allegheny General Hospital kwa nthawi yaitali wakhala ali patsogolo pa upainiya wopititsa patsogolo kugwiritsa ntchito ubongo wakuya. Chipatalachi chinali choyamba kumadzulo kwa Pennsylvania kugwiritsa ntchito luso lamakono pochiza chivomezi chofunikira ndi Matenda a Parkinson, ndipo posachedwa, Dr. Whiting ndi gulu lake anayamba gawo lachiwiri la mayesero a zachipatala omwe amafufuza momwe DBS imathandizira kuti athetse kunenepa kwambiri.