Writing online in JAMA Psychiatry, the researchers proposed that inflammation may predispose people to develop PTSD.
"If peripheral inflammation contributes to the development of PTSD, interventions to decrease inflammation, such as dietary or lifestyle modifications, might ameliorate the severity of this disorder," they wrote.
Paul E. Schulz, MD, of the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, who was not involved with the study, told MedPage Today that a clinical study "to investigate whether lowering CRP leads to a reduced incidence of developing PTSD" would help confirm a cause-and-effect relationship.
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