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Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by temikus »

01100011 wrote: post #34

I am very curious to see where this research goes. At the risk of sounding like an absolute nut-case, I've been experiencing significant cognitive decline since getting divorced and becoming sexually active. Granted, I went through a traumatic experience(divorce), developed sleep apnea(treated for ~2 years), and am in my mid-40s, so my concerns are probably unfounded. That said, I've had my apnea under control for so…

It depends on how you define the cognitive decline. If it’s losing your creativity, generating less ideas, not being able to be focused on a book - it may be a psychological trauma. I would recommend going to a good psychologist and trying to see if something is behind your current state.

Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by est31 »

benibela wrote: post #73

Didn't they discover that periodontitis causes Alzheimer: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau3333 Perhaps any infection that reaches the brain can cause Alzheimer and amyloid-beta plaques are there to fight the infection

Some people propose that Alzheimer is in fact a symptom caused by a multitude of different diseases. Similar to how cancer has multiple types and causes.

Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by vmception »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #27
snazz wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the extremely high rates of HSV-1 infection (roughly half of everyone 14-49 and more among older people [0]), I'm guessing that it would be difficult to eradicate it using a vaccine (although I'm certainly not an expert). As a side note, the HPV vaccine only protects against strains 16 and 18 (with some also providing protection against types 6 and 11). That covers the majority of the strains that cause cancer,…

> Given the extremely high rates of HSV-1 infection (roughly half of everyone 14-49 and more among older people [0]), I'm guessing that it would be difficult to eradicate it using a vaccine (although I'm certainly not an expert). True, it'd be similar to Australia where their cervical cancer rates will decline over decades as older people die and for younger people [1], the HPV vaccine uptake rate was very high. Folk…

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Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by hndamien »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #72
tengbretson wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then all you're doing is making a distinction so that you can defend against a position nobody in this conversation was taking. Look through the thread. Is anyone making the case that the mere existence of the virus in a person is worthy of scorn? Or are all of the people you are bothering to make counter points to condemning those that carelessly transmit it ? An act that you yourself claimed made someone a "jerk."…

You're missing Echelon's point and clearly aren't aware of the reality of having HSV-1 or 2. There's a huge stigma just for having a cold sore. Kids are made fun of in school for it. People are thought of as being sexually promiscuous for catching it. That's not right. The passive spread of a disease that can be caught when the transmitters has no symptoms and may very well have never had symptoms is not something to…

If you are aware, you can feel shedding when you are “asymptomatic”. You can treat this with acyclovir.

Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by core-questions »

leephillips wrote: post #49
echelon wrote: post #40

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> careless parents/extended family > benign branding of "cold sore" This is a dangerous, hurtful opinion and you need to be downvoted. No one is to be shamed for this virus. A third of teenagers will acquire HSV-1 during childhood from simply putting things into their mouths. There is no way to prevent this sort of transmission. [1] Most of the world's population has the virus. [2] Given these odds, you probably have…

On the other hand... https://lee-phillips.org/isrealPediatrics/

Well, it's good to see they're slowly modernizing this, but in the end it's still a pretty bizarre practice even if you don't do it in that particularly disgusting way.

Not an American, and always wondered how it somehow became the standard in America....

Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by core-questions »

tengbretson wrote: post #42
echelon wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> careless parents/extended family > benign branding of "cold sore" This is a dangerous, hurtful opinion and you need to be downvoted. No one is to be shamed for this virus. A third of teenagers will acquire HSV-1 during childhood from simply putting things into their mouths. There is no way to prevent this sort of transmission. [1] Most of the world's population has the virus. [2] Given these odds, you probably have…

> This is a dangerous, hurtful opinion and you need to be downvoted. > No one is to be shamed for this virus. Don't care. If I'm going to get shamed for walking down the sidewalk without a mask then I sure as shit am going to shame an adult that kisses their child when they have an infectious sore on there face.

As a parent who got HSV1 from my grandfather kissing me, I do everything I can to keep away from my kids and wife when I have one. Anything less would be unconscionable.

Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by willio58 »

echelon wrote: post #40
weiming wrote: post #19

HSV always seemed particularly poorly understood in the society to me, e.g. with many people getting it as children due to careless parents/extended family, and the benign branding of "cold sore" as if it is related to a cold. Given that the vaccine for 1 or 2 has proved to be extremely challenging, always wondered if the public simply being more well-informed on this topic could help reduce the incidence in the popu…

> careless parents/extended family > benign branding of "cold sore" This is a dangerous, hurtful opinion and you need to be downvoted. No one is to be shamed for this virus. A third of teenagers will acquire HSV-1 during childhood from simply putting things into their mouths. There is no way to prevent this sort of transmission. [1] Most of the world's population has the virus. [2] Given these odds, you probably have…

Even though I don't agree with this person, I think labeling what they said as "dangerous" is silly. Who exactly is in danger?

Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by Swannie »

igravious wrote: post #76
benibela wrote: post #73

Didn't they discover that periodontitis causes Alzheimer: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau3333 Perhaps any infection that reaches the brain can cause Alzheimer and amyloid-beta plaques are there to fight the infection

Came here to say this. Didn't that connection sweep through here a while back? I just checked. Turns out the herpes connection has been made before too: (1) Alzheimer's risk 10 times lower with herpes medication (2 years ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17540094 (2) Some studies show an association between the herpes virus and Alzheimer’s (2 years ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18265115 (3) Resear…

From my skimming of the OP, which references some of this research, I think these prior findings demonstrated strong correlation, but this is the first study that demonstrates some causal relationship.

Re: Using human brain tissue in lab, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

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Post by s5300 »

benibela wrote: post #70
hombre_fatal wrote: post #55

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What's your gameplan for the rest of your life? You're never going to kiss anyone or share a cup or a smoke or any of the thousands of ways that have infected the vast majority of humanity? You can even get it passing through your mom's birth canal. Your two examples of transmission are so specific that I'm not sure you know how it spreads. Just extended family members kissing or sharing cups with your kids? What? He…

>You're never going to kiss anyone or share a cup or a smoke or any of the thousands of ways that have infected the vast majority of humanity? Sounds reasonable I am 30 and have never kissed anyone, and no plans to change that soon. Although I had some shared cups. I probably should get tested. But there is a good change I have avoided all herpes, even EBV. I hope they can find a vaccine soon.

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