Suicide & Lyme & Associated Diseases
Key Messages
Suicide is a major and potentially preventable public health concern. It is the result of an interaction between known and unknown contributors, deterrents, and acute triggers.
Studies have demonstrated that increases in suicidality can be attributed to infections and associated proinflammatory cytokines, inflammatory-mediated metabolic changes, and quinolinic acid and glutamate changes that affect the neural circuitry.
Research has suggested that there is a strong association between inflammation, brain inflammation, elevated cytokine levels, and suicide. Lyme and Associated Diseases (LAD) causes immune-mediated …
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