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Dementia Cases to Triple by 2050 as World Ages
Thus article talks about how Dementia cases are increasing significantly not only in high income countries but in low income countries too. "Dementia is a brain disorder caused by a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory, thinking and the ability to perform everyday activities." This article says that it is recognize more in high income families because they have the money to go to the doctors and get diagnosed on the other hand low income people just associate it with old age related things. They say it has increased because people are living longer in high income area. They stated that it was few in people in developing countries with it because they do not live long because of the HIV/AIDS. Africa needs more doctors so they can diagnose when people have this disease. Because western Africa is so poor a lot of disease go unreported so they may be many more cases of dementia that has not been reported. I think that this is atrocious. I am a Certified nursing assistant. I have been a cna for 6 years now. I talk care of elderly people on a day to day basics and dementia is serious. Elderly people with dementia don't realize they have the disease and some become very ill, anger, and some even die. Dementia deals with the brain getting small. There is no cure for it but they do have medicines to help with the dementia patient behavior and health. Not only is Africa dealing with dementia but most people are not making it because they are dying because the HIV/AIDS virus is taking over too. So the young are dying because of HIV/AIDS and the old are starting to get diagnosed with dementia. This is truly sad because they have a disease to kill of the population both ways. I believe that Africa needs help with getting doctors so they can get diagnosed and treated. This will solve, help, and treat people before it too late. I think everyone around the world should help the poor and developing countries.