Covid vaccines/boosters

Lajcajun

Has anyone had parents that took the Covid 19 vaccines that contained mRNA be diagnosed with Alzheimers or Dementia? Both my parents did and we have no previous history of Alzheimers on either sides of the family.

Quilting brings calm

quote from the internet:,

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While a family history of dementia, including from grandparents, can slightly increase your risk, it's not a guarantee of developing the condition. The majority of dementia cases are not directly inherited, and are influenced by a combination of factors like aging, lifestyle, and genetics. —

Truthfully only a small portion of people with dementia inherited it- although there is a higher risk if you have a particular gene. We don’t know what causes it in most cases and it’s been around a lot longer than covid or any other vaccine. Alzheimer’s was described by a doctor in 1906. It’s increasing in frequency because more people are living to an older age and are doing so as much less healthy individuals than in the past. That’s due to the health industry’s ability to cure or control diseases that used to end lives at younger ages. Personally I feel dementia is our brains outliving their natural life span. Others may think differently.

harshedbuzz

https://alzconnected.org/discussion/72814/covid-vaccines-boosters

I have not read anything in the literature or anecdotal about the any of the vaccines being linked to Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia excepting Shingrix which seems to reduce the risk of dementia according to a study published in the journal Nature.

There were certain public health measures instituted during the earlier parts of the pandemic which would have resulted in social isolation which does increase the risk of dementia in the elderly.

I've heard several anecdotal stories of older people diagnosed with dementia in the wake of a COVID infection. A number of people here commented on this here as I recall.

QBC is correct that heritable Alzheimer's is pretty rare; it also tends to happen at much earlier ages. Age seems to be the biggest risk factor for dementia— the older one gets, the greater the risk.

From this site:

2024 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures - 2024 - Alzheimer's & Dementia - Wiley Online Library

• The percentage of people with Alzheimer's dementia increases with age: 5.0% of people age 65 to 74, 13.2% of people age 75 to 84, and 33.4% of people age 85 and older have Alzheimer's dementia.2,241 People younger than 65 can also develop Alzheimer's dementia. Although prevalence studies of younger-onset dementia in the U.S. are limited, researchers believe about 110 of every 100,000 people age 30 to 64 years, or about 200,000 Americans in total, have younger-onset dementia.242

HB