A recent study has reinforced the idea that there is a link between people who have vision difficulties and those who go on to develop Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia
An early symptom of dementia has been identified in a new study which it says increases the risk of developing the disease.
As we age, two of the things many of us fear most are the loss of our vision and the loss of the ability to remember things and think clearly. Now, new research has suggested that visual issues and dementia could be connected.
Researchers from the Kellogg Eye Centre at Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan’s academic medical centre, published their findings in JAMA Opthalmology recently. It showed the risk of dementia was higher among people with eyesight difficulties.
This included people who couldn’t see well even while wearing their prescription glasses or contact lenses. It consisted of a sample of more than 3,000 older people who took part in vision and cognitive tests during home visits.