Multiple Sclerosis: Is the Epstein-Barr Virus To Blame?

I am looking for answers. I want your input.
Do you have MS and remember a time when you were diagnosed with mononucleosis or suffered from the symptoms of mono?
Fact: People with MS usually have a positive EBV titer in their blood
Fact: EBV (which causes mononucleosis or "mono") can lead to a condition known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
God Bless,
IRISH
p.s. Thanks Louise, for making me think about this again.:)

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[biotecfoods]

I read your profile where you state CCSVI therapy may be the cure. CCSVI therapy is not a robust enough MS theory for me.

[irishbear76]

@biotecfoods

I have been MS free for one year. I had the liberation procedure on 8/27/11 and have not had any MS flare ups or ANY symptoms to speak of.

I also have lost 100 lbs. since I made this video.

I work twice as much as I used to and hike around the Rockies or swim in the pool most days.

Not only do I still believe CCSVI is a huge part of the problem, the wear on the BBB and release of nitric oxide due to the coagulation cascade being set off.

I could tell you, but my last MS vid...

[biotecfoods]

The virus is always going to be in our systems. The question is what makes it flare up? I strongly believe that answer is based in an evolving understanding of our changing environmental signaling molecules, now increasingly absent from most of our food-supply.

[irishbear76]

@biotecfoods

Sorry. I had the procedure done on 8/27/2010 (not a time machine owner :)

The theory of CCSVI led me to have a #16 angioplasty balloon go through my femoral, up through my right side of my heart and into my jugular vein and then inflated.

My MS stopped there.

I wrote that I believed in Zamboni, before I had the procedure.

My life is my testimony. I am MS-free and do not suffer from fatigue anymore.

Zamboni was 100% correct with his CCSVI theory, at least in my case

Blessings

[texas1708]

PS If you are having a little hard time to understand what I'm trying to say I apologize.English is not my native language.I'm from Germany.So PLEASE excuse and don't let this be and issue to not respond.Thanx, Tammy

[irishbear76]

@texas1708

Tammy. I got what you were saying. I also agree that you do not have to be an M.D. to understand your body, health, etc...

From the info you posted I do not doubt that you feel you have M.S.

Also many MS'ers have fibromyalgia as well from the people I have met online.

Some research suggests that MS'ers have "sticky blood" due to high fibrin levels, People with fibromyalgia also have high fibrin content in their blood. (I have been taking a proteolytic enzyme to help this

Bless

[koyokoyo78]

Both people I knew who have MS also had mononucleosis in their past. Another thing that could have raised their risks of developing MS was the fact that they live in a more northern US climate, therefore low vitamin D levels also linked to MS. The whole thing is suspicious and I think there is definitely a link.

[biotecfoods]

(See wikipedia: calorie restriction mimetics, xenohormesis, foxo and sirtuin genes for more details) But the long and short of it is that we need eat foods rich in phytoestrogens, resveratrol: Try eating more foods that include untreated soybean meal or flour, peanuts, blueberries, and red wine. Likewise, the same results would likely be acheive by practicing Calorie Restriction.

[biotecfoods]

 (See Calorie Restriction at wikipedia.)

[biotecfoods]

It's fairly well established that EBV is present in the sclerosis or lesions that occurs in the white brain and neuro-protective lipid tissue, so in this regard, yes EPV is MS. But, since 95% of the population has EPV generally benign and dormant in their B-lympocytes (immune system cells), and the great majority don't have M.S., that's not the whole answer. EBV is to MS as Chicken Pox is to Shingles.

[biotecfoods]

These episodes were usually initiated by extreme or constant states of stress and/or a general failure to properly care for my physical self. So, logically, now I asking myself, is this M.S. SINCE THIS IS ALREADY TOO LONG, I"M JUST GOING TO STATE MY HYPOTHESIS.

[biotecfoods]

I've been researching the same issue because recently I had experienced EBV/CF symptoms for about four weeks @ age 48, and now can recall about a dozen incident of EBV/CF over the past twenty-years.