Recent research has found that changes in the retina and optic nerve may show the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease, at a time when treatments to slow the degenerative condition might be more effective.
Your Eyes Are Windows to the Brain
“There is research to suggest that the changes associated with Alzheimer’s, such as the formation of amyloid plaques, start a decade or more before the onset of symptoms like memory loss,” Dr. Theodore Strange, chair of medicine at Staten Island University Hospital, part of Northwell Health in New York, told The Epoch Times.
“This time period is often called ‘preclinical Alzheimer’s disease’ and likely begins 10 to 15 years before patients have symptoms,” he continued, noting that by the time symptoms are apparent, patients already have moderate levels of the disease—which can take four to eight years to progress to its latest stages….