Alzheimer’s disease and herpes strain linked

However, experts gave hope that people should not worry since this disease is not caused by herpes viruses. Scientists are yet to identify the exact cause for this disease although genetics, lifestyles and environmental factors could contribute as well as the observed herpes condition in the brain. Another study published in the Neuron journal revealed that people with Alzheimer’s diseases had higher levels of herpes strains 6A and 7. These strains do not cause genital herpes and cold sores but rather causes roseola in children. However, with advanced studies and effective Herpes test it would be possible to know those at risk of attack and the suitable treatment methods.

 What is Alzheimer’s disease? 

Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia which causes people to lose their ability to think, reason and memory. In the United States it has been rated 6th to cause deaths. The NIH has invested many billion dollars to research more about this disease.

The study involved brain tissue from 622 people who showed signs of Alzheimer’s and 322 who had no signs of these diseases. The researchers involved hoped to find some medications already in use treating the disease as reported by CNN but the study led them to discover that the levels of those herpes strains were double higher in the Alzheimer’s brains unlike in the patients without it.

For this reason, they remembered the old time theory that viral infections may for a long-term affect the brain functions. Although this theory is not any new, it gives unbiased data and strong based evidence and the more call for the study of the complexity of this Alzheimer disease.

 Alzheimer’s disease linked to genetics

After several Herpes tests,other researches show the causative reasons for Alzheimer was linked to genetics and geneticist Dudley suggested that there is stronger evidence where the viruses would transfer their genes into the brain cells of the patients suffering Alzheimer’s. He claimed that the transfected genes activated other genes associated to a higher risk of this disease.

There is no reason to fret with the results of this study since majority of people 80-90% always have either of this herpes strain and thus if they were to cause Alzheimer’s disease then many would be victims. It is rather a call for scientists to advance their research and discovery of new treatments methods.

Before these adjustments are discovered, people are advised to stay active, maintain a healthy weight, low blood pressure and cholesterol level to lower the risk.

 

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