#73: Infection - Inflammation: Calor, Dolor, Rubor, Tumor for the 21st century Neurologist. Installment #5 [28:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (734)

Infection - Inflammation: Calor, Dolor, Rubor, Tumor for the 21st century Neurologist. Installment #5

Publication Date: Jun 8th, 2007.

Focus: Stealth infections, and the possible effect that ONE of the numerous hidden invaders has on Parkinson’s disease.

The bug is Helicobacter pylori. It’s back in the limelight. And Parkinson’s pathogenesis may be eased from its eradication.

And does herpes simplex virus play a role in Alzheimer’s?

Listen and learn about other concealed infectious entities possibly cohabitating, within our bodies, and causing varying degrees of stress on our physiological systems - our “psychoneuroimmunology.”

And last but not least (on the flip side): “Filth and Felicity” - Is our obsession with having a sterile environment for daily living contributing to us humans being a bunch of “psycho-enodo-neuro-immunological” wimps?

Weblinks:

- Incidence of H. pylori in U.S. and worldwide (~50%)
- Rosacia and stealth infection- Hidden invaders in cardiovascular disease: o Cytomegalovirus Exacerbates Atherosclerosis Through An Autoimmune Mechanism. Posted by: Public Library Of Science - PLoS. 29/5/2007
o Blasi Fetal Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae but not helicobacter pylori in atherosclerotic plaques of aortic aneurysms. J Clin Microbiol 1996, 34: 2766-69.
o Visser MR et al Herpes simplex virus and atherosclerosis. Eur Heart J 1993, 14:39-42.
o Nikoskelainen Y et al Coxsackie B virus antibodies in mycocardial infarction. Acta Mcd Scand 1983, 214:29-32.
o Beneditt EPT et al Viruses in the etiology of arthero-sclerosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci 1983, 80:6286-89.
oMelnick O et al CMV antigen within human arterial smooth muscle cells. Lancet 1983 2:244-7.