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Why?
Because people get old.
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No it has nothing to do with the ageing process. Ageing is a risk factor.
Young people can get Alzheimers
This is interesting-but we do not have Lyme Disesae in Oz!- although it is suspected there is something similar.
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So far all cases of Alzheimer's disease tested for the Borrelia burgdorfi Bb spirochete, which causes Lyme Disease, have tested positive.
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Dr. James Howenstine -- The Overlooked Relationship Between Infectious Diseases And Mental Symptoms
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Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne zoonosis caused by the spirochaete bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi. Since the disease was first recognised in 1975 it has become the most frequently reported human tick-borne infection worldwide. It has been reported from every continent (except Antarctica) although doubt remains as to whether it occurs in the southern hemisphere in general, and in Australia in particular
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Lyme Disease
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Cutting Edge - a series that explores medicine's newest hypotheses
Is there an association between β-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease and herpes simplex virus type 1?
In the latest issue of Medical Hypotheses there is an interesting article Senile plaques in Alzheimer’s diseased brains: Possible association of β-amyloid with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) L-particles by E.M. Kammerman, D.M. Neumann, M.J. Ball, Walter Lukiw and J.M. Hill of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans that begins:
"The characteristic insoluble, senile (neuritic) plaques found extracellularly in brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) contain the fibrillar form of β-amyloid (Aβ42).
A substantial proportion of autopsied elderly brains have demonstrated DNA evidence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infiltration. HSV-1-infected cells produce significant quantities of non-infectious, non-DNA-containing light particles (L-particles) comprised of viral envelope and tegument proteins. HSV-induced L-particles can be exocytosed out of their host cells."
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Global Family Doctor - Wonca Online | Cutting Edge
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