Mawu a M'munsi

a Nthenda ya Alzheimer anaitcha dzinalo chifukwa cha Alois Alzheimer wa ku Germany, poti ndiye anali dokotala woyamba kuifotokoza nthendayo mu 1906 atapima wodwala wina yemwe anali ndi nthenda yosokoneza ubongo. Ena amaganiza kuti pa anthu odwala nthenda yosokoneza ubongo, oposa 60% nthenda yawo imakhala AD, ndipo 10% ya odwalawo amakhala azaka zoposa 65. Nthenda ina yosokoneza ubongo, (multi-infarct dementia), imayambika pamene magazi atsekerezedwa mumtsempha, imeneyo imachititsidwa ndi stroko yaing’ono, yomwe imawononga ubongo.