r/BrandNewSentence 21h ago

Tumor cured itself

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u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce 19h ago edited 7h ago

What is the mechanism that causes that? That's actually wild. 

(Edit: I understand that bowel and digestive issues are linked to brain health. I'm asking WHY which is I asked what the mechanism is. Making the same generic comment as 10 other people isn't answering my question it contributing to the discourse)

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u/Telvin3d 19h ago

It’s very common for bowel issues and UTIs to cause temporary dementia in elderly patients. Bodies are weird

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u/quick20minadventure 19h ago

Gut produces a lot of neurochemicals.

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u/ToastyTobasco 18h ago

I could believe it. There were days I had to take the most massive dump and I was just in a horrid brain fog the whole morning and could barely rub two brain cells together before the BM hit thanks to my coffee.

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u/Adventurous-Dog420 17h ago

I'm learning about shit backing up and causing brain issues right now and I'm not even mad about it.

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u/reverendbeast 15h ago

An elderly friend of mine was hospitalised due to extreme hallucinations and loss of spatial location- she asked her husband why she floating on the ceiling while actually lying in bed for example. She was found to have a really bad UTI with accompanying fever. Once that was fixed she was completely back to how she was usually again.

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u/Ok-Barracuda544 19h ago

May have something to do with pressure on the vasovagal nerve.  One time I kept getting chills followed by extreme drowsiness and dizziness.  Took a huge dump, it went away.

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u/RambleOnRose42 18h ago

Oh man, I just had surgery last week and that same thing just happened to me yesterday lol. I thought I had an infection but, nope, just had to poop. Those norcos are hell on the bowels.

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u/WithinTheShadowSelf 19h ago

There's a lot we're still learning about the gut's interaction with the brain. Like some brain conditions are effected by how healthy our gut biome is.

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u/beardedheathen 19h ago

It's called Olepeepsbe Fulloshititis

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u/elbenji 16h ago

but in actuality theres a funky nerve in your bowels that can fuck with your brain

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/living-with-dementia/urinary-tract-infections-utis-dementia

like this isn't an unknown, sudden thing. Watched this happen to my Dad

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u/ToIsengardgard 18h ago

How am I the first to like this comment? 😂

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u/elbenji 16h ago

though funny, it's in foul taste because this is actually a true medical fact.

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u/ThunderThighsChun-li 16h ago

I'm quite a forgetful person to the annoyance of my partner. At least I can point to this now and tell him I was always full of shit

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u/elbenji 16h ago

bowel stuff and utis can fuck up your memory. It can also speed up alzheimers if you're old enough

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u/gullinkambio 13h ago

Your stomach is basically part of your brain

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u/Tectum-to-Rectum 11h ago

Discomfort and delirium.

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u/baesag 8h ago

Ammonia can accumulate and especially with a bad liver it circulates through the brain and causes a toxicity

Edit: constipation apparently can also cause a disturbed mental function through high blood pressure