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Robert Bransfield, MD: Thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles demonstrate the causal association between infections and #mentalillness 400+ peer reviewed scientific articles demonstrate the causal association between tick-borne disease and mental illness. #ILADS2022 #Lyme
2/Bransfield: Up to 40% of patients w/ #Lyme develop peripheral or central nervous system involvement. Psychiatric reactions include: #paranoia #dementia #schizophrenia #bipolar #panicattacks #depression #anorexianervosa, and #ODC #ILADS2022
3/Bransfield: Lyme is over represented in psychiatric patients. #ILADS2022
Dempsey: Bartonella is a stealth multi-systemic infection transmitted by fleas, biting flies, body louse, mosquitoes and possibly ticks #ILADS2022
2/Dempsey: Objective findings of #Bartonella include fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, uveitis #ILADS2022
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Microbes + mental illness 👉 This case history describes how a patient diagnosed with rapid onset #schizophrenia was eventually shown to have a Bartonella henselae #infection 👉 Treatment w/ antimicrobial chemotherapy led to full recovery: neurosciencenews.com/bartonella-inf…
Quote from case report 👉 “Beyond suggesting that Bartonella #infection itself could contribute to progressive #neuropsychiatric disorders like #schizophrenia, it raises the question of how often infection may be involved with psychiatric disorders generally.”
And also just published 👉 This article, that details how a previously undiagnosed strep #infection (PANDAS) + possible Borrelia involvement☝️appear to have driven classic #OCD symptoms in another teenage patient: espn.com/mens-college-b…
