How wave of new dementias may be fueled by surprising culprit every home has been touched by IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH STORY WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT. GET IN TOUCH HEALTH@DAILYMAIL.COM By Maiya Focht Health Reporter For Dailymail.
Com Published: 13:06 EDT, 21 August 2024 | Updated: 13:08 EDT, 21 August 2024 e-mail View comments A new study has added fuel to concerns that America could face a surge in dementias in coming years and decades due to COVID. It found that nearly two-thirds of people over 65 who were hospitalized with the virus went on to suffer mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor for dementia. Independent experts told DailyMail.
com this is a trend they're watching closely, since if there is a link, it could begin to affect the millions of older adults infected with the virus in the near future. But the new study stops short of concluding that the two are linked, experts caution. CDC data shows that this age group accounted for 47 percent of all hospitalizations from 2020-2021, roughly 1,701,300 people.
The study looked at people over 65 who were hospitalized with COVID-19 in 2020. This means their study population was very sick, and its difficult to say how people with less severe illness might be affected Data from the CDC's COVID-Net lab showed the cumulative amount of COVID hospitalizations from 2021 to 2022. Studies have estimated that roughly 1,701,300 people over 65 were hospitalized in this year The researchers from the University of New South Wales cam.