Sentences with phrase «brain infection in»

After resolution of a severe brain infection in one of my dogs — when an abscess suddenly formed and drained on his head — I realized that this was a medical therapy that my patients needed.

Tamoxifen, a drug currently used to treat breast cancer, also kills a fungus that causes a deadly brain infection in immunocompromised patients.

Not exact matches

This appears to be the first US case of a baby born with microcephaly, a condition in which the brain is abnormally small, after having a Zika infection.

The agency said there have been recent variations in the number of cases reported in the region and, while the level of risk is unknown, Zika virus infection during pregnancy causes severe birth defects, including microcephaly and other severe brain abnormalities.

After taking samples and conducting brain scans, the researchers found that 41 percent of mothers of babies with microcephaly tested positive for Zika infection in blood or cerebrospinal fluid samples, compared with none of those whose babies did not have microcephaly.

With virtual anatomy, there's nothing in the body we can't see: a heart beating, nerves signaling in the brain, a cell dividing, an infection raging.

It has so many other health benefits and I'll list them briefly; high in mineral especialy calcium (more than any other plant), high in protein, anti-viral / - infection / - inflammation properties as well as offering polysaccharides which can prevent for example type two diabetes, improve liver function, stabalise blood sugar and last but not least release «happy» brain chemicals.

They are found in a baby's brain, they help to fight infection, and they are believed to help reduce inflammation in the intestines to protect a baby against a serious intestinal condition called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Certain elements in breastmilk are not in artificial baby milk (formula) even though we have known of their importance to the baby for several years — for example, antibodies and cells for protection of the baby against infection, and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal development of the baby's vision and brain.

Doctors use CT scans in the brain to diagnose brain tumors or visualize injuries, bleeding, or any structural changes and infections that can occur and be difficult to see with an X-ray or routine exam.

But some ideas are respiratory infections, genetic susceptibility and defects in the brain stem.

Breastfeeding not only nourishes babies but also results in fewer infections, promotes brain development resulting in intelligent babies, protects against diabetes and obesity.

The most common complications that lead to ongoing disability include intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or bleeding in the brain, asphyxia or a lack of oxygen to the brain, severe jaundice, hypoglycemia or a low blood sugar level, severe infections, long - term use of ventilation, and chronic lung disease known as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

Studies have shown that a protein in human milk aids in brain development, and breast - fed babies are less likely to get gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea, respiratory and ear infections or more serious diseases such as pneumonia, and there is a lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

In rare cases, vomiting can be a symptom of a serious condition, such as a blockage of the digestive tract (pyloric stenosis), an infection (meningitis) of the fluid (cerebrospinal fluid) and tissues (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord, or Reye syndrome.

Zika infection appears to be linked to the development of unusually small heads and brain damage in newborns.

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Long after the treatments were applied, during a time point in mice that approximates young adulthood in humans, the investigators examined the impact of the simulated infections on the brain, comparing their results to those from mice that had received inactive injections.

Johns Hopkins researchers report that fetal mice — especially males — show signs of brain damage that lasts into their adulthood when they are exposed in the womb to a maternal immune system kicked into high gear by a serious infection or other malady.

The LPS was given at a time point that approximates the stage of brain development in humans right at the time of birth, thus mimicking the development of a bacterial infection during delivery.

«How brain circuits are affected by infections in mothers and newborns.»

An inflammatory protein that triggers a pregnant mouse's immune response to an infection or other disease appears to cause brain injury in her fetus, but not the premature birth that was long believed to be linked with such neurologic damage in both rodents and humans, new Johns Hopkins - led research suggests.

Zika virus infection in pregnancy causes severe disability in babies by attacking stem cells in the developing brain.

Herpes / Psychosis - Affects all ages, advanced infection causes inflammation in the brain's temporal lobes in rare cases

The researchers caution that their findings, described online on May 4 in npj Schizophrenia — a new publication from Nature Publishing Group — do not establish a cause - and - effect relationship between mental illness and yeast infections but may support a more detailed examination into the role of lifestyle, immune system weaknesses and gut - brain connections as contributing factors to the risk of psychiatric disorders and memory impairment.

«Because Candida is a natural component of the human body microbiome, yeast overgrowth or infection in the digestive tract, for example, may disrupt the gut - brain axis.

«Although we can not demonstrate a direct link between Candida infection and physiological brain processes, our data show that some factor associated with Candida infection, and possibly the organism itself, plays a role in affecting the memory of women with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and this is an avenue that needs to be further explored,» says Severance.

• During early and late states of infection, Zika RNA was detected in tissues, including the brain and male and female reproductive tissues.

They showed that ZIKV infection of cortical progenitors (stem cells for cortical neurons) controlling neurogenesis triggers a stress in the endoplasmic reticulum (where some of the cellular proteins and lipids are synthetized) in the embryonic brain, inducing signals in response to incorrect protein con - formation (referred to as «unfolded protein response»).

As well as revealing step by step how disease and infection can aggravate and accelerate the early stages of Alzheimer's, Perry and his colleague Clive Holmes have begun a pioneering trial in 40 people to see if a drug that acts to dampen inflammation in the body can help delay the progress of the brain disease.

Dr. Patricia Garcez, Assistant Professor at UFRJ and first author of the work, point out that «these unique results may unravel some key features of ZIKV infection in the developing brain.»

Uncontrollable, explosive bouts of anger such a road rage might be the result of an earlier brain infection from the toxoplasmosis parasite, an organism found in cat feces, a new study finds.

The biggest need for infant brain surgery in the developing world is infection - caused hydrocephalus.»

PANS is thought to be an inflammatory condition that results when an infection or some other invasive trigger spurs the body to turn on itself and attack structures in the brain.

Outside of the brain, cytokines are released by immune cells fighting infections, and they can alter MHCI expression in a complicated feedback loop.

«Damaging consequences of Zika virus infection in human minibrains: Zika virus reduces growth, induces cell death, malformations in human neurospheres, brain organoids.»

These interactions may contribute to increased infections in these patients, and may also worsen chronic brain damage.

Lipocalin 2, which bones unleash to stem bacterial infections, also works in the brain to control appetite, physiologist Stavroula Kousteni of Columbia University Medical Center and colleagues reported in the March 16 Nature.

A month after H7N7 or H3N2 infection, mice had fewer nerve cell connectors called dendritic spines on cells in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory.

The deadliest complication of otitis media is a brain abscess, an accumulation of pus in the brain due to an infection.

«These results indicate strong two - way interactions between the brain and the gut that may help explain the increased incidence of systemic infections after brain trauma and allow new treatment approaches,» said the lead researcher, Alan Faden, MD, the David S. Brown Professor in Trauma in the Departments of Anesthesiology, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at UMSOM, and director of the UMSOM Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research Center.

BRAIN DRAIN Certain influenza viruses, like the H3N2 strain shown in this transmission electron micrograph, can cause memory trouble and brain damage in mice months after infection, a new study sBRAIN DRAIN Certain influenza viruses, like the H3N2 strain shown in this transmission electron micrograph, can cause memory trouble and brain damage in mice months after infection, a new study sbrain damage in mice months after infection, a new study shows.

The work, published this week in mBio ®, an online open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, suggests that immunizing pregnant women against HSV and similar infections could prevent serious brain disease related to these conditions in fetuses and newborns, said senior study author David A. Leib, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the medical school.

«The viruses collect in the spaces between brain cells during the early stages of infection,» Harris said.

While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear infections, serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial paralysis, meningitis and brain abscess still occur, according to a report in the journal Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports.

Shen - Ying Zhang, assistant professor of clinical investigation in the Casanova lab, evaluated seven children from unrelated families who had been exposed to a common virus (herpes simplex virus 1, influenza virus, or norovirus) and developed a life - threatening or lethal infection of the brain stem.

But the new research adds to evidence suggesting that some body - wracking infections could also harm the human brain, says epidemiologist and neurologist Mitchell Elkind of Columbia University, who was not involved in the study.

The brain is protected by a barrier of cells that tightly regulates the transport of substances into this organ in order to prevent infection.

Mikovits listened, fascinated, as Peterson described a group of 300 CFS patients in his practice who suffered from white matter brain lesions, a host of immune system abnormalities, and myriad chronic viral infections including HHV6.

A team approach is vital to the successful diagnosis and treatment of complex neurological infections related to placement of devices in the brain, or as a result of neurosurgery or head trauma.