"Mom, I'm very scared. I feel that I'm getting farther and farther away from you."
"How are you doing, mom loves you."
Movie "Mom! In 》, the 85-year-old mother hugged her sick daughter tightly with her withered arms. Just like 65 years ago, my daughter was just born and she was babbling.
Because her 65-year-old daughter suffers from Alzheimer's disease, the mothers once again protect their "cups".
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Today (September 21, 2022), is the 29th " World Alzheimer's Day ".
What is Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (English name Alzheimer's disease, AD)
A degenerative lesion of the central nervous system that is concealed onset, occurs in the elderly and early age, and is characterized by progressive cognitive dysfunction and behavioral impairment. is one of the most common chronic diseases in old age.
For the elderly in China, Alzheimer's disease is one of the main factors that cause self-disability, and the mortality rate of patients is significantly higher than that of ordinary people.
"China Alzheimer's Disease Report 2021" mentioned that in 2019, the number of existing Alzheimer's disease and other dementia in the world reached 51624193, of which 13143950 were cases of disease in my country, accounting for about 25.5% of the global number, and the prevalence and mortality rates of Alzheimer's disease and other dementia in China were slightly higher than the global average. In 2020, a series of researches by Professor Jia Jianping's team from Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University found that the prevalence rate of dementia among people over 60 in in China was as high as 6.04%.
Clinical manifestations of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease onset is slow and hidden, and patients and relatives and friends often cannot tell when they start to get sick. It is more common in people over 70 years old. Currently, the average age of onset among men is 73 years old and the average age of onset among women is 75 years old. A few patients' symptoms quickly become clear after physical illness, fracture or mental stimulation.
"Progressive Development" is a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. is mainly manifested as neuropsychiatric symptoms such as progressive memory disorders, cognitive dysfunction, personality changes and language disorders, which seriously affect social, work and life.
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movie "Mom! In 》, after getting the confirmed diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease , his daughter Feng Jizhen collapsed and cried by the river. But she didn't have much time to be sad, and reality was caught off guard, so she could only race against time.
As time goes by, his daughter Feng Jizhen gradually forgot everything.
When she got sick, she couldn't wear clothes, could not eat, and even her mother in front of her couldn't recognize her. From the beginning of memory loss , irritable temper, unconsciousness, incontinence, and complete loss of life ability, these clinical symptoms are well interpreted in the movie.
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Facing the child tortured by the disease and the 85-year-old mother with silver hair, she changed her mentality of "living enough", ate big sluts, and worked hard to exercise just to last longer.
Even when her daughter was "fraudulent", she no longer had her former sickness, stretched out her dry but powerful fist, and faced the strong and strong young man.
Faced with her daughter's concerns, the mother was determined: "Every mother is a mother wolf, and it is their nature to protect the cubs." Her love for her children has been integrated into her bones and blood.
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We always think that time is very slow, but we don’t know when the disease and gray hair have already found our parents; we always feel that there is still a chance, but we don’t know that every time we turn around, it may be a farewell forever.
Diseases, accidents, deaths... Things in the world are impermanent, and more and more losses are caught off guard. We began to be afraid, and one day we looked back and found that there was no place for life, only the way back.
I remembered the two sentences on the poster:
"You don't remember me, but I still love you."
"I don't know you, but I still love you."
Life in the sea of life, we are like duckweed wandering in the world, but no matter how far away we float, as long as my mother is there, my heart will have a place to go.
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At the end of the movie, a group of real Alzheimer's disease patients were added to call their mother.
When asked whether to miss my mother or not, the old man over 100 years old couldn't stop his emotions. He wiped his tears with his sleeve like a child, and replied helplessly: "I think, of course I think."
Even if I can't remember many things, my love and longing for my mother has never faded.
