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Dementia increases risk of death from COVID-19, scientists claim
Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia worsen the course of coronavirus infection and increase the patient's risk of death, neurologist of the Russian Gerontological Research and Clinical Center Elen Mkhitaryan said during a lecture available on YouTube.
According to the specialist, 42,000 more patients with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia died in 2020 than in the last 5 years. The was largely influenced by the coronavirus pandemic. The doctor recalled that elderly people most often suffer from Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. Their COVID-19 is in a more severe form since it has a strong effect on the peripheral nervous system.
As a cause of disability and even death, dementia has a physical, psychological, social, and economic impact not only on patients but also on their caregivers, families, and society as a whole.
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