Dementia, know your own mind

Dementia adverts on TV, a Government backed campaign to raise awareness, but what does it really mean and who is at risk.
A fair amount of research has taken place into the connection between hysterectomies in pre-menopausal women, meaning prior to reaching age 50, and the early onset of Dementia. So is the NHS doing women a dis-service by offering routine hysterectomies as a financial decision rather than a need in the best interest of the patient. The BMJ published an article recently that said financially decided hysterectomies were common place in the NHS, it neglected to mention that although the website is NHS choices, to actually have a choice or at least be given total opportunity to explore that choice is limited, even negligible. Having very recently travelled that road, the intention was for me to have a full hysterectomy, my personal research encouraged me to push for more choice and indeed answers. After all it was a cyst on my ovary, which in real terms can often be removed independently. I settled on a salpingo-oophorectomy, which still shows an increase in my chances of suffering from Dementia despite the fact there is absolutely no family history of that or Alzheimers. Luckily for me, my NHS consultant listened and understood that I was prepared to take on board potentially another operation if the lab report was not good. I cannot fault the care I have received, however, it was only luck that got me here I nearly ended up on the NHS conveyor belt.
With life expectancy in women who have a hysterectomy being reduced, it could be considered that yes it is cost effective after all, or is that a little too controversial and distatsteful to fully consider.
Inherited Dementia, that raises the same questions as many long term illness, and of course much research has taken place, with all of these things not enough money is invested in research resulting in a false economy if prevention is out there for us. Science Daily reported that data is available that suggests changes in the levels of biological markers in spinal fluid can be detected many years prior to Dementia. Wouldn't it be good if this can really be developed to slow or halt the onset in the early stages, the research and trials are continuing, however many years of research point to the fact that there is a greater risk of Dementia depending on your own personal genetic make up, individual or inherited genes.
Watch this space for updates on recognising the signs and what you can do to help yourself.