>> Doctor Oz is calling it his most personal episode ever. This week the physician and
talk show host spoke about his
mother being recently diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease.
He says he feels guilty about
the diagnosis saying he
completely missed the signs of
his mother’s condition.
Experts say early detection
allows families to plan for the
future and take advantage of
treatment options. Joining us
this morning is doctor Ryan
crooks with tell thank you so
much for coming in this is
really a great conversation
have especially on a Sunday
morning. Families are gathered
around perhaps with there
parents or grandparents, what
should people know. About this
going into this dialogue.
Well really I think what it
highlights is to
be aware there may be early
signs of of a dementia or
Alzheimer’s.
>> And it’s worth getting
checked out if there’s ever a
concern all timers is one form
of dementia there are several
forms of dementia
dimensions to generalize
term for loss of of cognitive
for or memory and normal.
Couldn’t function. And all
timers is only one form.
You talk about warning signs
symptoms what are they what
should people be looking for.
>> Sometimes the early signs
may be just a normal types of
things like everybody gets
worried about whether they kind
of misplaced their keys are for
get an appointment or birthday.
But it’s really just a pattern
of forget
fullness or sometimes it may be
things of getting lost in the
North and while driving to
summer that you’re familiar
sometimes change is a
personality things like being
more overly agitated or.
I’m just very along with
other signs struggling with
conversation trouble completing
familiar task losing track of
dates and time
all important things to watch
out for at what age.
I know there are some rare
cases we’re talking during the
commercial break Colleague of
mine just interviewing
someone who.
>> He’s 40 years old with 3
young children he was just
diagnosed with early onset
that’s
very rare.
>> early forms of dementia
including Alzheimer’s or a
relatively rare. Typically it.
The early signs may start in
the 6th or 7th decade, really
kind of leader in the years.
>> I know doctor talked about
he completely missing the
warning signs and that’s going
to be very
heartfelt and very as
a big problem that he probably
has to deal with on his own
terms because he is a doctor
and this is something that he
advocates for all the time and
when it comes to his mom I’m
sure that that really hits
home.
Should people know about.
Detecting these things what
should they do if they are
common sense that this is
happening to their
loved ones. in a lot of cases
what may happen is that
individual themselves may
either dismiss or.
>> Not even recognize the signs
so it is a very important for
family members who have a
concern to bring it up to to
the individual not only that
encourage them to go to their
family doctor. Talk with them
about it go with them to the
appointment tell them what’s
going on because those things
make it overlooked for some
time before it becomes very
readily apparent. And just
really it’s early recognition
that’s important earlier we
detect this perhaps the more
options we have when it comes
to prognosis. Yes, I’m really
being prepared is a big
and really in the coming
decades, there may be
treatments to come down the
road and so it will be
important to recognize the
early signs I also was reading
as underwent testing to better
understand his own
cognitive functioning.
>> And dementia risk factors.
He learned that he carries a
copy of the gene a P o e 4.
What is that. So does
it do. In most individuals, we
have 3 different types of this
apo e gene. In most
individuals, there’s no
increased risk, but some people
may have what’s called the apb
14. You made their help one or
2 And
it does can for an increased
risk for Alzheimer’s, but it’s
not a guarantee.
We don’t routinely test for it
because there isn’t a lot of
certainty based on what you see
in the testing on whether
somebody will or
won’t develop also understand
some researchers saying that
numbers as little as less than
one percent of the time.
Yes, so one copy which is I
believe what doctor Oz had had
seen on is testing.
Won’t really necessarily
guarantee much of anything it’s
really only use for research at
this point.
Doctor cooks thank you so much
for coming in the big take away
from this conversation is that
if you
see the signs you see the