Study reveals new risk factor for dementia – herpes infection has a huge impact. Dementia is still an incurable disease that affects over a million people in Germany alone.
Back in November 2023, a research team from Columbia University presented a study that suggested a connection between herpes and dementia. This theory has now been further supported by the Swedish study. Study participants who were infected with HSV had twice the risk of developing dementia. There is neither an effective vaccine nor a drug to combat HSV. Once infected, you carry the virus for life.