May 24, 2011

American scientists They found that bacteria causing gastric ulcer disease, lead to the development of Parkinson's disease.

The results of the research work carried out by a group of scientists from Louisiana State University (USA), were presented at a scientific meeting of the American Society for Microbiology . At the conclusion of scientists led by Tracy Testerman (Traci Testerman), the bacteria that lead to ulcers of the stomach, provoke the development of Parkinson's disease.

A few decades ago, on the island of Guam were studied, according to which the indigenous population of the island unusually often met Parkinson's disease . Scientists have identified the cause of this unusual phenomenon. As it turned out, the culprit was a neurotoxic substance similar to cholesterol contained in food consumed by plants. The same substance produced by bacteria Helicobacter pylori Which occurs in 80% of people diagnosed with "ulcer".

Scientists led by Testerman tested their theory in mice. To participate in the laboratory experiment, 3 groups of mice were infected with various strains of the bacterium. After that, a series of tests for fixing the level Dopamine in the brain and total locomotor activity test.

The result of the experiment it was determined that the infected rodents declines are both indices after 5 months from the date of infection, and more young members showed a less pronounced pathology . Identical results were obtained in the study of normal mice, which together with the food received from the hood bacteria Helicobacter pylori.

Thus, scientists confirmed that the development of Parkinson's disease depends on the infection with a stomach ulcers . Such an assumption already expressed a scientist from Australia Thomas Beard (Thomas Borody), which offered transplant to treat the disease kala .

The essence of the procedure is to place the stool with a healthy gut microflora in patient with gastric ulcer. The scientist managed to achieve some success in the treatment of disease, as Beard noted the positive effect of the procedure for the treatment of diseases such as Parkinson's disease, arthritis , multiple sclerosis.

For the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other chronic diseases used another highly unusual "popular" method. As mentioned previously, Treatment Argentine beetles   find more adherents around the world. Skeptics argue that the success of this method is based on the usual suggestion.