Researchers believe that temper flares may be able to be diminished by taking aspirin.
Researchers have some good news for people prone to fits of rage and those who live among them.
They believe that the temper flares may be diminished by taking aspirin, or similar anti-inflammatory drugs.
Primarily, the scientists are talking about people who suffer from the disorder called intermittent explosive disorder, or IED.
The condition affects about 5 percent of adults and the study shows that it could be linked to inflammation in the blood.
While their blood doesn’t literally boil, it’s believed that it does contain high levels of two inflammation-related markers that make aggressive behavior impulsive and extremely difficult to contain.
One is a protein that scientists found existed in IED sufferers at double the normal levels.
The other indicator is a signaling molecule and was observed to have a greater than average presence in generally aggressive people.
Further, those characteristics seemed to be unique to their respective groups and specific problems.
The association between blood inflammation and rage hasn’t been fully established, but researchers believe that taking an anti-inflammatory like aspirin has the potential to contain the high-intensity outbursts.
Current treatments have only proven to be effective in half of IED sufferers.
