Sundheds- og Ældreudvalget 2016-17
SUU Alm.del Bilag 166
Offentligt
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PRESSEMEDDELELSE
Toxoplasma forbindes nu - igen - med tilstande som extrem PMS, OCD, epilepsi, bi-polar mv. Se venligst brev til bla.
Sundhedsministeriet herom nedenfor .
Som bekendt er Toxoplasma en parasit der sætter sig i hjernen - og derfor er der god grund til at tage videnskaben alvorligt,
især når 1,5 millioner danske voksne og børn er bærere heraf.
Infektion kan forebygges og inficerende kan behandles, men kun hvis Toxoplasma problemet kommer på dagsordenen.
Der henvises til tidligere fremsendte herom. Handling fra pressen er påkrævet og påtrængende.
Venligst
Bo Hembæk Svensson et al
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Bo Hembaek Svensson
<[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 1:55 PM
Subject: Toxoplasma; extrem PMS, bi-polar, OCD og epilepsi
To:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Cc:
[email protected], [email protected]
Til MFVM, SUM, STM samt FVST mfl.
SUM Sag 140-1560
MFVM Sag 2015-7534
STM Sag 2014-1543
Vigtigt.
Til Ministeren,
Nedenfor et udpluk af de informationer videnskaben og pressen har publiceret om T.gondii siden
årsskiftet. Heraf fremgår:
* T.gondii forbindes med
extrem PMS
samt
OCD
*.. latent toxoplasmosis is in fact a
serious disease
with many impacts on quality of life of
patients."
* Korrelation mellem
manio-depressivitet, skizofreni
og T.gondii. Samme for
epilepsi.
Det er presserende at der handles herpå. Ikke-handling og passivitet strider mod logikken.
Dette problem
skal
på dagsordenen og diskuteres. Kun ved åben dialog om sagen kan problemet
afgrænses og løses.
Med venlig hilsen
Bo Hembæk Svensson
 SUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 166: Henvendelse af 27/1-17 fra Bo Hembæk Svensson vedr. pressemeddelelse om Toxoplasma Gondii
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Telegraph
24. januar, 2017, on
Extreme PMS
and T.gondii
Recent studies have suggested that the parasite, which can become lodged in the brain, could
have
an impact on human behaviour, potentially causing mental illness such as schizophrenia.
This
is because the infection is known to affect neurotransmitters such as
dopamine and serotonin,
leading to changes in behaviour and mood.
Now, a study from the Juarez University of Durango
State, Mexico argues that it may also be a cause of PMDD.
Journal of Affective Disorders,
februar 2017;
Is there any association between Toxoplasma gondii infection and bipolar disorder?
Statistical analyses showed that T. gondii infection is associated with with BD (..) patients with
BD are more likely to be infected by T. gondii than controls.
European Psychiatry,
Februar 2017
Toxoplasma-infected subjects report an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder diagnosis more often and
score higher in Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory
The results confirmed earlier reports of the
association between toxoplasmosis and OCD.
They
also support recent claims that
latent toxoplasmosis is in fact a serious disease
with many impacts
on quality of life of patients.
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases,
Jan 2017
(..)
a causal relationship between postnatal toxoplasmosis and epilepsy seems possible.
Pathogens,
jan 2017
(..) well-defined environmental risk factors in psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia and
BD. The association between T. gondii seropositivity and schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder (..)
growing emerging evidence has also documented
an association between latent toxoplasmosis
and the risk of BD
and suicidal/aggressive behaviors. T. gondii infection, as previously suggested
for schizophrenia [113],
may contribute to the onset and the progressive course of the disease
interacting with genetic hereditary predisposing factors,
as well as affecting neurotransmitter
systems and immune responses, which have recently been shown to be closely linked to the
pathogenesis of BD and its medical comorbidities.
Psych Congress Network,
Jan 2017
Multiple infectious exposures to Herpesviridae viruses and
Toxoplasma gondii may affect
cognitive functioning,
suggests a study published online in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.