1- Mid-life hearing loss.
I got hearing aides at age 65 yo for mild hearing loss.
2- Failure to complete secondary education.
I went all the way to completing an Infectious disease fellowship.
3- Failure to treat depression early
Began treating my dysphoria in my forties with Prozac
4- Smoking
I never smoked
5- Physical inactivity
I exercised my whole life.
6- Social isolation
I didn't go out to bars but I had friends and family
7- High Blood Pressure
I began Ramipril in 1998 when I was diagnosed with DM2
8- Obesity
I have been obese most of my life 1% risk
9- Type Two Diabetes. 2% risk
Diagnosed in 1998
10- Excessive alcohol usage.
I only began drinking in last 10 years.
11- Tramatic Brain Injury 3.4% risk
12- Air pollution
The total of my risk factors equals 6.4%
However was heterozygous positive for AZ gene. Add 16%?
That is a total of 20% risk.
My poor interrupted sleep over the years a physican should be considered.
I got a CPAP in 1968.
My uncle died from AZ,
Put all these factors together with a positive Pet Scan for Amyloid
I recieved the diagnosis of AZ in December 2017.
"Impression: Findings are metabolically compatible with moderate to severe diffuse beta amyloid pathology involving the bilateral temporal, occipital and frontal lobes."
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