Infections can pose a threat to a person’s health and well-being. In this report by SADE OGUNTOLA, experts say that some infections that affect the brain can also increase a person’s chances of eventually developing a range of mental health conditions.
Infectious diseases have varying outcomes. Some infections pose only minor threats to a person’s health and well-being, while others can easily cause severe illness or death. Now, experts warn that infections can also trigger immune attacks on children’s brains, provoking devastating psychiatric disorders.
For more than a century, researchers have reported the presence of some infections apparently increasing a person’s chances of eventually developing mental disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorders, clinical depression, and schizophrenia, among others.
Scientists have long known that infections can cause…
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