H Pylori and L-dopa absorption, global assessment (last one, i promise)

 so, just when i thought i was moving on from H Pylori, Jon Pincus sent me an email about H Pylori interfering with L-dopa absorption, leading to motor fluctuations in those with Parkinson disease. and H Pylori eradication led to symptomatic Parkinson's improvement. (see https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16801644/ ), and for a more inclusive review, see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130840/

so, a guarded thanks to Jon, a plus for the information but a minus for H Pylori blog prolongation....
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and, since i am still on H Pylori, i will add a study done by Neil Gupta and others on non-communicable diseases from infectious causes, noting H Pylori is number 1 globally!!!! (see H pylori burden of noncommunic dz from infection Lancet2020 in dropbox, or doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30358-2) Neil was a wonderful resident whom i had the privilege of precepting during his residency, then did lots of international work, much in Rwanda, especially on HIV, Hepatitis C, TB (and probably much more). 

geoff

 

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