As per a new study, inner ear impairment plays a major role in the increased risk of falling faced by Alzheimer’s patients - via healthing_ca healthing
"People with Alzheimer’s disease, fall at twice the rate compared with healthy older adults, and this often leads to injury, nursing home placement and early mortality,” says study author.The vestibular systems is the sensory system within the ear that informs your brain about balance. GETTY
A new study has found that inner ear impairment plays a major role in the increased risk of falling faced by Alzheimer’s patients.published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease , found that patients with faulty vestibular systems — the sensory system within the ear that informs your brain about balance — had a risk of falling that was 50 per cent greater than Alzheimer’s patients with normal vestibular function. The study is believed to be the first to link the chances of these patients losing their balance with inner-ear issues.
When the system isn’t working properly, he added, “people experience vertigo — a disorienting, inability to navigate the world.” Researchers decided to target the vestibular system because impairment to the canals and bony structures deep within the ear is a known cause of dizziness and vertigo in otherwise healthy individuals. “Falls are a major problem in people with Alzheimer’s disease, who fall at twice the rate compared with healthy older adults, and this often leads to injury, nursing home placement and early mortality,” Agrawal said.
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