Infections make us sick! It doesn’t matter whether it’s the flu, shingles or pneumonia. You can already vaccinate against all of these diseases today. But what very few people know is that these vaccinations not only protect against nasty viruses and bacteria, they also protect against Alzheimer’s. The German Society for Neurology (DGN) is now pointing out this double effect.
BILD tells you how it works.
The scientific fact is that infections also promote long-term infection Alzheimer’s disease. Infections play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s. They promote the inflammation of nerve tissue (neuroinflammation), the degeneration of nerves, but also the notorious amyloid and tau deposits that are typical of the disease.
This image shows affected areas in the brain of an Alzheimer’s patient
According to the DGN, a new study now shows that routine vaccinations against tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (tetanus, whooping cough), herpes zoster (shingles) and pneumococcus (pneumonia) could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by up to 30 percent overall. There is similar data for the flu vaccination.
According to other comparative studies, the risk of Alzheimer’s disease was reduced by 10.2 percent in those vaccinated against tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis, by 10.7 percent in the vaccination against herpes zoster and by another 10.9 percent in the vaccination against pneumococci. There was a similarly high risk reduction through the flu vaccination.
By the way: There is no data available for a protection factor from the new corona vaccinations. However, there may be no such effect because the new vaccines are based on a different basis than the conventional vaccines.
Prof. Dr. Peter Berlit, Secretary General of the DGN: “That corresponds to a total risk reduction of 25 to 30 percent, which is really a lot.” The expert speaks of a “serious signal” that these routine vaccinations also reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.
“Since these vaccinations are recommended by the Robert Koch Institute for older people anyway, we would like to encourage people to definitely take advantage of this offer – and thus also benefit from the potential additional benefit of protection Alzheimer to benefit,” says Berlit.