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   Have YOU had the flu? You're at risk of depression: Drugs interfere with   
   bacteria in the body which increases the risk of mental disorders   
      
   By Stephen Matthews For Mailonline   
   12:55 EST 01 Feb 2017, updated 11:39 EST 04 Feb 2017   
      
   Previous research has found a link between infections and mental disorders   
   However, studies were limited to just those where people needing the hospital   
   But minor bugs, such as coughs and colds, have the same effect, experts claim   
   It leaves us bed-bound for days.   
      
   But not only does the flu rinse your body of its last remaining energy, it   
   also increases the risk of depression, scientists claim.   
      
   And coughs, colds and stomach bugs could all have the same effect, according   
   to new research.     
      
   Drugs for minor infections interfere with the make-up of bacteria in the   
   intestines - known to increase the risk of mental disorders, experts believe.   
      
   Having the flu increases the risk of developing depression in future, new   
   research suggests   
      
   Previous studies have shown that patients who are hospitalised with severe   
   infections have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia and depression.    
      
   But Danish researchers found a correlation between all infections that require   
   treatment - even minor ones - and mental disorders.    
      
   They studied the effects of people treated with antibiotics, antiviral drugs   
   and medicines to combat fungal diseases and parasites.   
      
   They then assessed their subsequent risk of schizophrenia and depression to   
   determine if infections could impact mental health.   
      
   Of those who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, 17.4 per cent had been   
   hospitalised with their infection.   
      
   While this was the same for 18.7 of those suffering from depression, according   
   to the researchers from Aarhus University.   
      
   Drugs for minor infections interfere with the make-up of bacteria in the   
   intestines - known to increase the risk of mental disorders	   
      
   Drugs for minor infections interfere with the make-up of bacteria in the   
   intestines - known to increase the risk of mental disorders   
   While the remaining cases were found to be treated through a GP for their   
   illnesses, suggesting the link between minor infections.   
      
   And the risk was found to be higher depending on the number of infections they   
   had suffered from, the study published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica   
   found.     
      
   Study author Ole Köhler-Forsberg said it was possible that drugs directly   
   effect the composition of the intestine - known to have close links to the   
   brain.   
      
   While genetics could also explain the findings, with some people at higher   
   risk of falling victim to both infections and a mental disorder.    
      
   He added: 'Our primary finding was that the risk of both schizophrenia and   
   depression was increased in those who had infections.   
      
   'Both the non-severe infections that are treated by someone's own GP and the   
   severe infections that require hospitalisation.    
      
   'The risk was increased in a dose-response correlation, which means that the   
   risk was higher depending on the number of infections.'    
      
      
      
      
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4181078/Have-flu-risk-depression.html   
      
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