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Dr. Wayne M. Fichter Jr.
After completing a study that spanned more than a decade, researchers have discovered a possible link between chronic pain and an increased risk of dementia. Chronic pain is a growing problem and affects half of the elderly population who live independently and up to 85% of those in care facilities. A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine reported that people with chronic pain have a more rapid memory decline and a faster increase in dementia probability compared to those without chronic pain.
“These findings come from a large, long-term study of 10,065 people over age 62. Researchers asked questions about pain and cognition every other year from 1998 through 2012. Participants who reported that they often had moderate or severe pain in both 1998 and 2000 were considered to have chronic pain. After adjusting for many variables, people with chronic pain had on average a 9.2% faster memory decline and a 7.7% faster increase in dementia probability. Over the next decade, those with chronic pain were more likely to be unable to manage their finances or their medications, two important tasks for independent living.” https://www.alzdiscovery.org/
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