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New theory on MS?
What are everyone's opinion on this new theory of MS? I don't know if this is legitimate, but I have seen this article a few times now.
http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/News-And-Events/Whats-New-Out-There/Detail/New+theory%3A+MS+is+a+disease+of+fat+metabolism+like+heart+disease/
http://www.overcomingmultiplesclerosis.org/News-And-Events/Whats-New-Out-There/Detail/New+theory%3A+MS+is+a+disease+of+fat+metabolism+like+heart+disease/
My personal theory is that MS is actually several different diseases, all of which have similar effects on the CNS. This might go a long way to explain why some people have lots of lesions but few symptoms, others have few lesions and lots of symptoms, some don't even have lesions at all... then there's the ones with PPMS. It's rather like trying to diagnose somebody by only examining their left toe. We're missing so much of the big picture.
There's not so much on that link :( But, I thought it was quick and easy to understand, and besides it gives us something cool to tell those folks who offer us unsolicited advice on what we can do to "fix" ourselves, lol
Thanks sllowe for this link! Now I'll be able to better decipher which studies are legit or not.
I think it's bunk, but that's just my opinion.
I wish this website were updated to capture the lastest and greatest. But, posting it anyway because I love this one liner:
"MS's extreme variability makes it a perfect disease for quacks."
Read why:
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ms.html
I wish this website were updated to capture the lastest and greatest. But, posting it anyway because I love this one liner:
"MS's extreme variability makes it a perfect disease for quacks."
Read why:
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ms.html
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Metabolic Disease may be a "trigger," just like EBV, etc., but I'm not sure it will make much of a difference in the treatment of the disease once someone has it.
I am of the opinion that MS is a "spectrum of diseases." I just think there are too many different initial presentations, courses of progression, effectiveness of DMDs, etc.
As someone previously suggested, I think this is an initial "Positive Hypothesis"being published to obtain research funding. Next will be the "prove/disprove" studies to see if there is any validity.
Bob