I<em>The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry ibika ukuthi i<em>protozoan i<em>Toxoplasma gondii eyisinambuzane, ebangela ukuvuvukala, ingalimaza ubuchopho ngendlela ebangela ukuba umuntu onaleli gciwane azibulale ngokwakhe.
Ukuhlolwa kokuba khona kwe-Toxoplasma gondii kuyatholakala kubantu abaningi - ngokuvamile kuwumphumela wokudla inyama engaphekiwe noma ukuthintana nendle yekati. Lokhu kunjalo ngamaphesenti angu-10 kuya kwangu-20. AmaMelika. Kuye kwamukelwe ukuthi i-Toxoplasma ihlala ithule emzimbeni womuntu futhi ayilimazi.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, ithimba likaProfesa Lena Brundin waseMichigan State University lathola ukuthi lesi silwane, ngokubangela ukuvuvukala ebuchosheni, singaholela ekwakhekeni kwama-metabolites ayingozi futhi ngaleyo ndlela sandise ingozi yokuzama ukuzibulala.
Imibiko yangaphambilini isivele ikhulume ngezimpawu zenqubo yokuvuvukala ebuchosheni bokuzibulala kanye nabantu abahlushwa ukucindezeleka. Kuphinde kwaba neziphakamiso zokuthi le protozoan ingase ibangele ukuziphatha kokuzibulala - isibonelo, amagundane angenwe yileli gciwane afune ikati ngokwawo. Ucwaningo lwakamuva lubonise ukuthi ukuba khona kwe-protozoan emzimbeni kwandisa ingozi yokuzibulala izikhathi eziyisikhombisa.
Njengoba uBrundin echaza, ucwaningo alukhombisi ukuthi wonke umuntu onegciwane uzofuna ukuzibulala, kodwa abanye abantu bangase babe sengozini yokuzibulala. Ngokwenza izivivinyo zokuthola i-parasite, umuntu angabikezela ukuthi ubani osengozini ethile.
UBrundin ubesebenza ekuxhumaneni phakathi kokudangala nokuvuvukala kobuchopho iminyaka eyishumi. Ekwelapheni ukucindezeleka, lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) ekhethiwe - njenge-fluoxetine, eyaziwa kangcono ngaphansi kwegama lokuhweba i-Prozac - ivame ukusetshenziswa. Lezi zidakamizwa ziphakamisa amazinga e-serotonin ebuchosheni, okufanele ithuthukise isimo sakho sengqondo. Nokho, zisebenza kuphela engxenyeni yalabo abaphethwe ukucindezeleka.
Ucwaningo lukaBrundin lubonisa ukuthi ukwehla kwezinga le-serotonin ebuchosheni kungase kungabi yimbangela enkulu njengophawu lokuphazamiseka ekusebenzeni kwayo. Inqubo yokuvuvukala - njengaleyo ebangelwa i-parasite - ingabangela izinguquko eziholela ekucindezelekeni futhi, kwezinye izimo, imicabango yokuzibulala. Mhlawumbe ngokulwa ne-parasite kungenzeka ukusiza okungenani ukuzibulala okungenzeka. (PAP)
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