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Does a gastrointestinal infection cause depression and anxiety?
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Hi, my daughter just got her stool test results which show high amounts of Citrobacter braaki. Wondered what would be the best treatment. She has been suffering from depression and bouts of severe anxiety lately and wondered was this related to this bacteria. Thankyou.
gpt
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.The majority of the case where if the patient had typhoid infection than there will be a psychiatric illness, but in other cases it not prove.I believe that your daughter's depression and anxiety is mainly due to illness's excessive worry.So, I will suggest you start treatment with tablet Escitalopram with clonazepam drug.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.Regards,Dr. Gauttam Prajapati