{"id":413,"date":"2016-03-11T22:10:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T21:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2016-04-03T22:12:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T21:12:38","slug":"viruses-cause-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pilatesfitness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"Viruses cause Alzheimer’s Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Viral infections such as cold sores and pneumonia could be the unsuspected cause of Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia, a leading group of experts is claiming.<\/p>\n

Dormant viruses and microbes are found in the brains of most elderly people, but they can be reactivated after stress or by a weakened immune system, says the group of 31 scientists and clinicians from research centres such as from Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial universities.<\/p>\n

An activated herpes virus, for instance, can cause damage in areas of the brain associated with memory and cognition.<\/p>\n

They say there is growing evidence of a link with viruses and more than a hundred papers now support the belief: over 100 studies link the cold sore bug \u2013 herpes simplex virus 1, or HSV-1 \u2013 to Alzheimer’s disease.<\/p>\n

Other suspects include a bacterium that causes pneumonia. The researchers argue that after working their way into the brain the microbes lie dormant, only to be awakened by ageing or illness.<\/p>\n

They can then kill vital brain cells, triggering the symptoms of Alzheimer\u2019s. The theory also states that beta-amyloid, the toxic protein often thought to be a cause of the disease, is actually made by the brain to fight off the bugs.<\/p>\n

If viruses are indeed a cause of Alzheimer\u2019s and dementia, a whole new way of treating the diseases opens up.<\/p>\n

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