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Scientists: Protein IL-17 fights infection, acts on the brain, inducing anxiety

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112 points wglb | 1 comments | 14 Apr 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.353s | source
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jagaerglad ◴[14 Apr 25 17:00 UTC] No.43683396[source]▶
this is rather amazing, I've always thought that my observation that I feel better in my brain after a good fever has to be imagination
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yapyap ◴[14 Apr 25 18:11 UTC] No.43684371[source]▶
Yeah cause your point of reference is feeling like shit when you are feverish.
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1. gusgus01 ◴[14 Apr 25 18:20 UTC] No.43684462[source]▶
Actually, there are some studies that show a anti-depressive effect from exposure to heat/fever like conditions. These are just two from a rudimentary Google search to check if I was remembering correctly. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6519523/ https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine-archive/node/2080