Leaky blood vessels in the brain may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease

During recent research, that was recently published in the Nature Medicine journal, was detected that regardless the presence of Alzheimer’s-related protein amyloid and tau older adults with serious memory declines had a high blood vessels leakage. The examination led to the idea of a new drug target for condition prevention, as it could be an early and totally independent process.
The brain tissue is protected by the blood-brain barrier from any damage. The function is destroyed when the vessels stop providing the nutrients and blood flow to the neurons and toxic proteins invade. In other words, were the amyloid or tau pathology present or not, cognitive impairment was still there. Now it is of great value to identify when mental decline starts to take place after damaging the brain blood vessels.



 Alzheimer’s cause & treatment 

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims that the quantity of Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s will triple to about 14 million by 2060. It is essential to mention that what causes the disease is not exactly identified yet, but scientist discovered some risk factors that may raise the likelihood of developing the disease. They include:

•     Age: The older you become, the more likely you are to get sick. 

•     Gender: Women tend to get the condition more often than men.

•     Family history: If someone from your family suffered from Alzheimer’s you are more likely to obtain it yourself.

•     Down syndrome: People with down syndrome get Alzheimer’s in their 30s and 40s.

•     Head injury

•     Cholesterol level 

•     High blood pressure 

The cure against Alzheimer’s disease does not exist yet, but there is a number of modern therapies that successfully help relieve the symptoms.