The number of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease in Russia per thousand people has been named

The prevalence rate of Alzheimer's disease in Russia is one in a thousand people. This was announced by Academician Vladimir Chekhonin, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), at an online meeting of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Life Sciences" on Thursday, May 14.

He said that the highest prevalence of Alzheimer's disease is observed in socially developed countries such as Germany, Italy and Japan, where the number reaches three people per thousand population.

"The lowest number is in undeveloped countries, where the number is about one case per 10,000 people, that is, almost 30 times less," the Moscow City News agency quoted Chekhonin as saying.

He added that the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease directly depends on the average life expectancy of the population in the country.

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Earlier that day, Maria Cherdak, a senior researcher at the Laboratory of Neurogeriatrics at the Russian Gerontological Research and Clinical Center of Pirogov University, PhD, neurologist, said that memory failures appear 15-20 years after the onset of Alzheimer's, according to the website. kp.ru .

She noted that brain damage develops extremely slowly and imperceptibly. In the early stages, neither an MRI nor a CT scan will show it, according to the website. 360.ru .

Fuad Seifullayev, lecturer at the Department of Surgical Diseases at Synergy University, Maxillofacial surgeon, spoke about the prevention of Alzheimer's disease on May 12. According to him, the disease begins to develop long before the first symptoms appear. The specialist emphasized that prevention includes regular physical activity, weight and blood pressure control, sleep normalization and active socialization.