Hello Everyone,
It is a common misconception that only older adults need to pay attention to brain health because they are more likely to develop brain-related disorders. This is far from the truth.
Diseases of the brain affect all age groups. These include developmental disorders such as cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and learning disabilities that often begin early in life. It also includes others such as epilepsy, stroke, dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
For conditions that typically appear later in life—such as dementia and stroke—the risk does not suddenly emerge in old age. Instead, vulnerability is shaped across the life course, beginning before conception, influenced by parental health, pregnancy, childhood experiences, and lifelong exposures.
‘Diseases of the brain affect all age groups, not just the older adults.’
‘For brain diseases occurring in later life, the risk does not suddenly emerge in old age. Risk sometimes begins from conception, through childhood to adulthood.’
