Schizophrenia might be caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. I wrote about Toxoplasma gondii years ago in Fix Your Gut.

“Piperidine is used in both the treatment of parasites and worms in animals and the treatment of schizophrenia, in humans. Researchers propose that schizophrenia may result from a parasite infection like T. gondii.”

Finally, the news media and the medical establishment has gotten around to reporting it.1 2 3 This information was known by researchers as early as 1982, schizophrenia is a latent Toxoplasma gondii infection.4

Therefore, how many studies have there been to establish a link? Quite a few studies, see for yourself.

For centuries, cats were the end host for Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite would drive mice mad and cause them to become friendly around cats and even play dead in some instances so that they would eat them. The parasite would cause the mice to sacrifice themselves so that the parasite would survive in their preferred feline hosts. There is a theory that the parasite later caused cats to become domesticated so the parasite could attempt to increase its life cycle.5 6

Cats warmed up to their human masters driven by Toxoplasma gondii madness to find a greater host to infect the world. Sadly, humans do not spread Toxoplasma gondii easy like cats or mice, but can develop latent infections for long periods of time, which eventually infect the brain and cause schizophrenia.7 8

Tests to Determine an Infection

Toxoplasma gondii can be tested using blood tests for antibodies, either IGG or IGM. IGM antibodies are produced by you coming into contact with the parasite and occurs for a few weeks after contact. Higher levels of IGM antibodies to the parasite could be produced during an chronic active infection.9 10 11

IGG antibodies are produced by the body several weeks after contact with the parasite. IGG is a good test to determine if you came into contact with Toxoplasma gondii but is a poor indicator of an active infection unless greatly elevated in combination with IGM antibodies.12 13 14

PCR testing can also be performed to determine Toxoplasma gondii infection through the analysis of DNA. Samples can be taken from blood, but the use of CSF though invasive might be needed to determine an active brain infection of the parasite.15 16 17

  1. http://www.newsweek.com/what-toxoplasmosis-and-should-you-be-concerned-340952
  2. http://time.com/3912258/cats-parasite-mental-illness/
  3. http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111%2Facps.12423?r3_referer=wol&tracking_action=preview_click&show_checkout=1&purchase_referrer=onlinelibrary.wiley.com&purchase_site_license=LICENSE_DENIED_NO_CUSTOMER
  4. http://www.medicaldaily.com/toxoplasma-gondii-parasite-cat-feces-linked-schizophrenia-and-other-mental-illness-337030
  5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865090/
  6. http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/09/18/toxoplasma-infection-permanently-shifts-balance-in-cat-and-mouse-game/
  7. http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/09/18/toxoplasma-infection-permanently-shifts-balance-in-cat-and-mouse-game/
  8. http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111%2Facps.12423?r3_referer=wol&tracking_action=preview_click&show_checkout=1&purchase_referrer=onlinelibrary.wiley.com&purchase_site_license=LICENSE_DENIED_NO_CUSTOMER
  9. https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/toxoplasmosis/tab/test/
  10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659488/
  11. http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/185/Supplement_1/S73.full
  12. https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/toxoplasmosis/tab/test/
  13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659488/
  14. http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/185/Supplement_1/S73.full
  15. https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/toxoplasmosis/tab/test/
  16. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2659488/
  17. http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/185/Supplement_1/S73.full
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