A food poisoning bacteria may be implicated in MS, say US researchers.
I would find it Ironic as I have OCD and everything for me must be clean and I am so careful were I eat out but who knows.
Peoples thoughts?
lt is an interesting theory - and as it is still not known what causes MS - any new research is necessary if we are ever going to get to the bottom of our problem.
Have you heard of Dr David Wheldon - his wife has MS - and he treated her with a course of anti-biotics over a long period - as he also believes that it could be bacterial. His wife posted on here about 2yrs ago - and at the time Dr Wheldon was offering to provide the anti-biotics at cost - non profit making on his side.
lts also been considered that MS could be a ‘viral’ infection. Having suffered with MS for 31yrs - my ears prick up straightaway when l here of anything that might lead to the ‘holy grail’. l certainly do not think the ‘neuros’ have the answer and have no confidence in the ones that l have seen.
As for your OCD - lt is thought that many children/adults allergies are caused through too much cleanliness - that we need that ‘speck of dirt’ for our bodies to get familiarised with.
Keep an open mind - and fingers crossed. Don’t forget that stomach ulcers are now successfully treated with anti-biotics after it was discovered that an infection was causing them. No more operations, special diets to treat them now.
My first thought everytime a new theory is postulated, is - “…so everyone with MS has been exposed to this ?” That’s 100,000 in the UK alone …goodness knows how many people throuhout the world ?!!
I’d dearly love a cast-iron cause to be discovered, but there seems to be no end of unproven theories being put forward. If MS was a new illness, I could understand this level of uncertainty, but this condition has been around an awful long time.
Sorry, but I’m very sceptical about any of these ‘discoveries’.
I’d dearly love to be proved wrong, but I won’t hold my breath. I’ll just continue to try to deal with my MS.
Dom
Yea very good replies,
I forgot to mention the reason they think this is MS because when injected into Mice (cries). It attacked the myelin sheath.
I do not think there is going to be a single cause of MS in that it probably is a number of diferent diseases.
As for Dr Wheldon then the theory behind his treatment was based on his opinion as to the cause of CCSVI. I doubt everyone with a diagnosis of MS will be found to have that whoever defines the criterior for diagnosis of CCSVI. I therefore doubt his system would work for everybody. Not a critisim indead I think I would give it a go if I had MS and was tested and found to have CCSVI.
What is distressing the CCSVI presure groups is that people with MS are being denide testing to determine if they have CCSVI just because they have a diagnosis of MS.
As for what happens in mice well again most experts do not seem to belive that is necessarily relevent to what would happen in people diagnosed with MS.
Hi, As you’ve probably read in my earlier posts, I believe MS is triggered by hormones. There was an interesting webinar on The Gluten Summit in November where they interviewed Prof. Shoenfeld, who is the world’s leading authority on autoimmune disease. He stated that by the time you present outward symptoms of a disease like MS or Alzheimer’s, you’ve already had it for about 20 years. There is a strong belief now that modern wheat, which has a high gluten level, causes gluten sensitivity and gut permeability in most people. I think the illness you end up with depends on your genetic make-up, but I believe my MS was triggered by hormones, possibly low estrogen, i’ve started taking Dong Quai, a herbal supplement, which is supposed to be good for balancing hormones and reducing menopause symptoms. Hopefully, it should help with the night sweats I’ve been getting for the last few years. However, I’ve already noticed that I have more energy in a morning. My theory is that unless I address the underlaying cause, I’m just treading water thinking diets etc will help. Heather
I’m another sceptic. I gather this very small-scale study found evidence of the toxin in only 10% of the MSers tested. Admittedly, that was ten times higher than the control group of non-MSers, which is a little suspicious, but if 90% showed no evidence, what does that mean? That it could be a factor in about one in ten cases, but doesn’t explain anything for the other nine out of ten? It might boost the theory that it’s not all the same disease, from the same causes. But if it’s not implicated in nine out of ten cases, it doesn’t seem to be a major breakthrough for most people with MS. I suppose if you’re in the one in ten who do test positive for the toxin, there might be treatment hope for you. But not for the 90% left in the dark over what their cause is. Tina
Thank you everyone for all your views its a good read 
I still think my theory goes best for me.
Daylight makes me tired and unwell.
Night time I feel slightly refreshed.
I like my steak medium/rare.
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