Marriage helps to avoid ... confusion

Has your wife ever made you angry to go crazy and do you regret that you " trapped " your wife? Think again.

An article published in the British Medical Journal found that people who lived together in the middle age were less likely to have confusion and Alzheimer's in the rest of their lives.

Researchers in Sweden and Finland have collected data of 1,449 people to study cardiovascular disease, aging and confusion. They interviewed for the first time in the 1970s and 1980s, with people with an average age of 50 and later in 21 years. In both batches, they were asked about their single or married, divorced or widowed status. In the second interview (an interview after 21 years), their cognitive function was assessed.

Better marriage for health (Photo: Eagletv)

According to the study, the lowest incidence of confusion and Alzheimer's is found in middle-aged married people . In people who are single in middle age, or divorced, the number is more than 1.5 times higher, and Alzheimer's disease is 1.8 times higher. The widows were diagnosed with gonorrhea that was 3.3 times higher, suffering from Alzheimer's disease 2.5 times higher.

Findings combined with previous studies have shown that mental stimuli - in the form of learning, working or having intellectual activity at leisure - have a protective effect against the cognitive decline. People who participate in social work also reduce the risk of these mental illnesses.

But the studies used data 10 years ago, when people have not studied carefully and regularly diagnosed gingivitis for the elderly. With the class of people surveyed after more than two decades, the new study offers convincing evidence that mental stimulation due to living with a wife or husband is a key factor for mental health. Well, the intellectual support is reduced.

But the authors of the study think that things seem more complicated. If living with a spouse is simply a key factor to avoid dementia (first of all, memory), then people who never marry will be more susceptible to disease. widows and wives. But the reality is the opposite. Most widows and spouses are more ill.

The researchers explained (is it a fallacy?) That they were " psychologically traumatized " in relation to the death of their partner and that this began a negative response to the immune system. It is the psychological trauma that triggers confusion in people with a genetic history of Alzheimer's disease. The highest risk is for people who are widowed, and they also have a gene, symbol e4 (also known as ApolE), related to this disease.