My dad is not an Alzheimer patient. Vascular dementia is what he got. I still can recall what the doctor warn me when she confirmed the my dad disease, she asked me if I got high cholesterol, high blood pressure and high blood sugar and she told me that I have a pretty good chance to inherit this from my dad.
Vascular Dementia is a result of insufficient oxygen and nutrient delivered to brain cells. And so the ability of the brain deteriorate when some of the brain cell is dead. My great grandma and my grandpa got dementia during the last stage of their life and grandpa's younger sister is suffering dementia now. I am in a family with a history of cardiovascular disease almost all my uncles have high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
So, I really need to start control my diet from now on. I must constraint from taking delicious fat and oily food and exercise regularly. To free my loved one from falling into the trap of being a dementia caregiver.
