The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry inati tizilombo toyambitsa matenda toxoplasma gondii, toyambitsa kutupa, tingawononge ubongo m’njira yochititsa munthu amene ali ndi kachilomboka kudzipha.
Mayeso a kukhalapo kwa Toxoplasma gondii ndi abwino mwa anthu ambiri - nthawi zambiri amakhala chifukwa chodya nyama yosaphika kapena kukhudzana ndi ndowe zamphaka. Izi ndizochitika ndi 10 mpaka 20 peresenti. Achimerika. Zavomerezedwa kuti Toxoplasma imakhalabe tulo m'thupi la munthu ndipo siili yovulaza.
Panthawiyi, gulu la Pulofesa Lena Brundin wochokera ku yunivesite ya Michigan State adapeza kuti tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, poyambitsa kutupa mu ubongo, tikhoza kupanga mapangidwe a metabolites oopsa ndipo motero kuonjezera chiopsezo chofuna kudzipha.
Malipoti akale atchulapo kale zizindikiro za kutupa mu ubongo wa odzipha komanso anthu omwe akuvutika maganizo. Panalinso malingaliro oti protozoan iyi ingapangitse munthu kudzipha - mwachitsanzo, makoswe omwe ali ndi kachilomboka adafufuza okha mphaka. Kafukufuku waposachedwapa wasonyeza kuti kukhalapo kwa protozoan m'thupi kumawonjezera chiopsezo cha kudzipha mpaka kasanu ndi kawiri.
Monga Brundin akufotokozera, kafukufuku samawonetsa kuti aliyense yemwe ali ndi kachilomboka amadzipha, koma anthu ena atha kukhala pachiwopsezo chofuna kudzipha. Poyesa kuti azindikire tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, munthu amatha kudziwiratu yemwe ali pachiwopsezo.
Brundin wakhala akugwira ntchito yolumikizana pakati pa kukhumudwa ndi kutupa kwa ubongo kwa zaka khumi. Pochiza matenda ovutika maganizo, otchedwa selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - monga fluoxetine, odziwika bwino pansi pa dzina la malonda Prozac - amagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri. Mankhwalawa amakweza kuchuluka kwa serotonin muubongo, zomwe zimayenera kuwongolera malingaliro anu. Komabe, amagwira ntchito mwa theka la anthu omwe akuvutika maganizo.
Kafukufuku wa Brundin akuwonetsa kuti kuchepa kwa serotonin mu ubongo sikungakhale chifukwa chake monga chizindikiro cha kusokonezeka mu ntchito yake. Njira yotupa - monga yomwe imayambitsidwa ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda - ingayambitse kusintha komwe kumayambitsa kuvutika maganizo ndipo, nthawi zina, malingaliro odzipha. Mwinamwake mwa kulimbana ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndi kotheka kuthandiza osachepera ena omwe angakhale odzipha. (PAP)
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