Scientists close in on cause of Alzheimer's as they set sights on a common virus READ MORE: Experts make Alzheimer's discovery with 'double whammy' drug By Maiya Focht Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:09, 18 October 2024 | Updated: 17:47, 18 October 2024 e-mail 12 View comments Cutting-edge research suggests that a virus, which infects a million Americans each year, could raise your risk of dementia. Stanford researchers found that shingles, a virus that causes a painful rash, could be increase your risk of developing Alzheimer's , as people who received a vaccine for it were 20 percent less likely develop the disorder years later.
This emerging field of research, linking viruses that cause chickenpox, herpes and shingles to dementia, could be the key to making breakthroughs in the Alzheimer's mystery, experts say. Shingles is a viral infection that is caused by the same virus responsible for chickenpox. Sufferers get rashes of blisters that are painful and can be itchy Researchers have only recently begun investigating the link between viruses, like varciella-zoster, which causes Shingles, and neurodegenerative disease.
They are also examining the virus that causes herpes, which is in the same family as varciella-zoster Your browser does not support iframes. Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. After catching chicken pox, the virus, called varicella-zoster, hides out in your nervous system for life.
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