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Is depression a kind of allergic reaction?

<p><em>A growing number of scientists are suggesting that depression is a result of inflammation caused by the body’s immune system.</em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/is-depression-a-kind-of-allergic-reaction/</em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>What do you think? </em></p>

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Question added by Kathy Mustafa , Personal Assistant to CEO- Managing Sales and Marketing Departments , Saudi Kinda Real Estate
Date Posted: 2015/01/06
VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Disturbed thinking and mood change due to varied reasons in suppressed circumstances may end up with depression.  The external influence (behavior of other persons) can be termed  as allergic reaction, or certain general or personal incidents may also be a cause and can be included in the allergic category.

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LABIB KOOLI
by LABIB KOOLI , Director of the Sectoral Center for Training in Hotel Technologies at Southern Hammamet , Tunisian Vocational Training Agency (ATFP)

Yes depression is a kind of allergic reaction which has some genetic roots and stimulated if couppled with some 

 harsh or tragic  factors 

Irina Chepel
by Irina Chepel , Personal trainer , Freelancer

I don't think so... All is possible to control

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

I'm not really sure. Those who suffer from depression have their normal lives interrupted by symptoms such as persistent sad thoughts, and inability to feel pleasure.

 

Muhammad Usman Tariq
by Muhammad Usman Tariq , Visiting Faculty , National University of Science and Technology

Yes, it is linked with the allergies but as per the management point of view most of the time resistance to the change and new methodology brings depression in the employee. Human mind some time do not accept directly the changes and requires stages of learning, acceptance and implementing. Depression causes a number of other problems such as increased heart rate, blood pressure, sugar. One must not take everything on head. Work should be left at office and mind should be sent for relaxation at home. 

Dick Chapman
by Dick Chapman , Area Asset Manager North East & Scotland , Northgate Vehicle Hire

I think we should leave this to the scientists and doctors for their training and knowledge, this is too deep a question for any standard manger to answer. I have known many who have suffered including close family members but I am not qualified to answer, mine would be to self opinionated without knowing the facts

Shagufta Zafar
by Shagufta Zafar , Principal , Allied School

allergy may be one of cause of depression ....

zafar abbas minhas
by zafar abbas minhas , Freelance Writer , DAILY MASHRAQ

AM ALWAYS READY TO TAKE NEW RESEARCH ............................   DEPRESSION IS AS OLD AS WE HUMANS ARE ................... LETS SEE WHAT NEXT SCIENTIST SAY ABOUT THIS ILLNESS ?

Mukesh Varadhan
by Mukesh Varadhan , Administration Manager , M/s. Triton Health Care

Nobody is sure what causes depression. Experts from that field says depression is caused by a combination of factors such as the person's genes, their bio-chemical environment, personal experience and psychological factors. 

Emad Mohammed said abdalla
by Emad Mohammed said abdalla , ERP & IT Software, operation general manager . , AL DOHA Company

Yes It Is:

You may be surprised to find that your allergies and depression have a direct relationship. Yes, research has shown that some allergies can cause depression. In fact, in one study,70 percent of patients with depression had a history of allergies!

Over time your allergies can destroy your immune system and prevent your body from repairing itself. This is often when depression sets in. But, the good news is that when an allergy is discovered, depression can often lift away.

 

Ibrahim Hussein Mayaleh
by Ibrahim Hussein Mayaleh , Sales & Business Consultant and Trainer , Self-employed

Although I personally don't believe so, but there are many scientists who believe in that. George Slavich, a clinical psychologist at the University of California in Los Angeles, has spent years studying depression, and has come to the conclusion that it has as much to do with the body as the mind. “I don’t even talk about it as a psychiatric condition any more,” he says. “It does involve psychology, but it also involves equal parts of biology and physical health.”

They say: everyone feels miserable when they are ill. That feeling of being too tired, bored and fed up to move off the sofa and get on with life is known among psychologists as sickness behavior. It happens for a good reason, helping us avoid doing more damage or spreading an infection any further.

It also looks a lot like depression. So if people with depression show classic sickness behavior and sick people feel a lot like people with depression – might there be a common cause that accounts for both?

The answer to that seems to be yes, and the best candidate so far is inflammation – a part of the immune system that acts as a burglar alarm to close wounds and call other parts of the immune system into action. A family of proteins called cytokines sets off inflammation in the body, and switches the brain into sickness mode.

 

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