Τοξοπλασμωση...ενα must για διαβασμα

Ειχα ξανασυζητησει σε καποιο topic αυτο το θεμα με την Kassi αλλα θα ηθελα να παραθεσω ενα ακρως ενδιαφερον αρθρο στην wikipedia.(μια online εγκυκλοπαιδεια).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

Οποιος βαριεται να διαβασει θα παραθεσω μερικα κομματια του αρθρου που μου εκαναν ιδιαιτερη εντυπωση.

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. (ο υπαιτιος)

Up to one third of the world's population is estimated to carry a Toxoplasma infection. (Ναι τοσοι πολλοι!!!!)


1)Ingestion of raw or partly cooked meat, especially pork, lamb, or venison containing Toxoplasma cysts. Infection prevalence in countries where undercooked meat is traditionally eaten, such as France, has been related to this transmission method. Oocysts may also be ingested during hand-to-mouth contact after handling undercooked meat, or from using knives, utensils, or cutting boards contaminated by raw meat.[5]
2)Ingestion of contaminated cat feces. This can occur through hand-to-mouth contact following gardening, cleaning a cat's litter box, contact with children's sandpits, or touching anything that has come into contact with cat feces.
3)Drinking water contaminated with Toxoplasma.
4)Transplacental infection in utero.
5)Receiving an infected organ transplant or blood transfusion, although this is extremely rare.

(τροποι μεταδοσης)

Correlations have been found between latent Toxoplasma infections and various characteristics: [14]

Increased risk taking behavior
Slower reactions
Feelings of insecurity and self-doubt
Neuroticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroticism

Καλο ειναι να διαβαστε ολο το σχετικο αρθρο με τις αλλαγες της συμπεριφορας...


Other studies suggest that the parasite may influence personality. There are claims of toxoplasma causing antisocial attitudes in men and promiscuity [18] (or even "signs of higher intelligence" [19] ) in women, and greater susceptibility to schizophrenia and manic depression in all infected persons.[18] A 2004 study found that toxoplasma "probably induce[s] a decrease of novelty seeking." [20]

According to Sydney University of Technology infectious disease researcher Nicky Boulter in an article that appeared in the January/February 2007 edition of Australasian Science magazine, Toxoplasma infections lead to changes depending on the sex of the infected person. [21]

The study suggests that male carriers have lower IQs, a tendency to achieve a lower level of education and have shorter attention spans, a greater likelihood of breaking rules and taking risks, and are more independent, anti-social, suspicious, jealous and morose. It also suggests that these men are deemed less attractive to women. Women carriers are suggested to be more outgoing, friendly, more promiscuous, and are considered more attractive to men compared with non-infected controls.

Αυτο εξηγει μερικες χυλοπιτες που εχω φαει:P (αν εχω τοξοπλασμωση δεν ξερω παντως γατες εχω γυρω στα 22 χρονια).
Ακους εκει να κανει τετοιες διακρισεις μεταξυ των φυλων...που ειναι η ισοτητα?

Toxoplasma's role in schizophrenia
The possibility that toxoplasmosis is one cause of schizophrenia has been studied by scientists since at least 1953.[22] These studies had attracted little attention from U.S. researchers until they were publicized through the work of prominent psychiatrist and advocate E. Fuller Torrey. In 2003, Torrey published a review of this literature, reporting that almost all the studies had found that schizophrenics have elevated rates of toxoplasma infection.[22] A 2006 paper has even suggested that prevalence of toxoplasmosis has large-scale effects on national culture. [23] These types of studies are suggestive but cannot confirm a causal relationship (because of the possibility, for example, that schizophrenia increases the likelihood of toxoplasma infection rather than the other way around).[22]

Acute Toxoplasma infection sometimes leads to psychotic symptoms not unlike schizophrenia.
Some anti-psychotic medications that are used to treat schizophrenia, such as Haloperidol, also stop the growth of Toxoplasma in cell cultures.
Several studies have found significantly higher levels of Toxoplasma antibodies in schizophrenia patients compared to the general population.[24]
Toxoplasma infection causes damage to astrocytes in the brain, and such damage is also seen in schizophrenia.


Αυτος ειναι ο ρολος της στην σχιζοφρενεια για αυτο εβαλα το θεμα και στις ψυχωσεις.
Βεβαια ολα αυτα ζητανε αποδειξεις και πολυ ερευνα ακομα.

Κοιτα να δεις τι μπορει να κανει ενα ζωυφιο...και μετα μου λες εχουμε τον ελεγχο στην ζωη μας...τελικα τα περισσοτερα στην ζωη ειναι τυχαια.
Αναρωτιεμαι πως δεν ειχα ακουσει για την τοξοπλασμωση πιο πριν...μονο οι γυναικες φαινεται να ξερουν ορισμενα πραγματα γιατι ειναι κατι που πρεπει να προσεξουν οταν μενουν εγγυες...διαβαστε το αρθρο δεν το παρεθεσα αυτο.

Ο σχιζοφρενής που αγαπούσε τις γάτες http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wain

Some speculate that the onset of Wain\'s schizophrenia was precipitated by toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that can be contracted from cats. The theory that toxoplasmosis can trigger schizophrenia is controversial but is the subject of significant research

H.G. Wells said of him, \"He has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves.\"