I believe it’s stress that causes the immune system to go bonkers. There are people with the damage that do not have Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s and rheumatoid arthritis are correlative. Just my own theory.
I use aspirin (better for ya with milk) most of the time when my arthritis flares so if it’s an anti-inflamatory I HOPE it is also keeping my brain quiet.
Dementia and Alzheimer’s runs in my family...with rheumatoid. I also have fibromyalgia. I sit on my butt all day and stress about everything. I know what I need to do and have a small plan to get it started. Hard thing is that the stress also keeps decisions hard to make. I’m in this swamp.
I believe you are correct. There is no Alzheimer’s, or even dementia, among my two sets of grandparents. My one grandmother passed at 72, with diabetes and heart attack, though so there is no way to know if dementia “could” have shown up later. Both grandfathers lived to 90+. One of my grandfathers took aspirin every day for at least 10 years. Sharp as a tack, that one.
Both of my paternal aunts had/have Alzheimer’s and some sort of dementia. My dad has Parkinson’s Plus. All three of them are/were diabetic.
Everything you mention is all inflammation based.