IS MS CURABLE?
Well, you can't cure something if you don't know what it is. I believe Multiple Sclerosis is only secondarily an auto-immune problem. Rather, it is a venous blood circulation disorder, the immune system activity being a normal reaction subsequent to injury. This activity MAY injure the central nervous system (CNS), but treatment should focus on the primary CAUSE - a blood circulation disorder (CCSVI).
Some MS cases experience a spectacular recovery after the blocked veins leading from the CNS are opened with
angioplasty.This means a Cure. Unfortunately, the improvement doesn't always last, the veins may close up again. Not only is there a risk of restenosis, thrombosis may actually block the vein because of scarring. Work with stem cells to prevent the immune system activity which can actually close the vein (meaning one might be worse off than before intervention) are proving promising, but difficult to procure. If I should take the risk of angioplasty, I will drink newly pressed raw vegetable juice from day one, knowing from recent experience that it heals wounds with minimal scarring. At least I can do that for myself as a protection.
Interventional Radiologists are learning through experience. They now have developed an IntraVenousUltraSound which can actually see inside the vein being treated for angioplasty. It is believed that the Restenosis (renarrowing) of the vein results from a balloon being too small. However, if the balloon is too large it may damage the vein wall which could lead to thrombosis. Thus it is probably better to risk restenosis (which in Dr. Zamboni's experience occurs 50% of the time in the Jugular veins) than thrombosis.
The use of stents to keep the veins open has been controversial since at least one case led to death after the stent migrated into the heart. However, use of stents has resulted in real recoveries without complications.. Stent sizes are being perfected. Jugular Bypass surgery is considered . More than 25,000 angioplasties for CCSVI on MS patients have been performed worldwide; success rate unknown. However, some angioplasties succeed and the patients enjoy complete recovery.
Unfortunately for patients that cannot benefit from therapies which enhance blood circulation (see below) because the circulation is literally blocked they will need to continue drug therapy to treat the deleterious effects of the blood reflux until they can obtain relief through angioplasty. Scientific researchers will need to adjust their focus towards minimizing the consequences of the blood reflux and find ways to assure the success of angioplasty for CCSVI. (Yes, there are risks. The veins drain the brain which pose a different degree of threat than treating varicose veins. But it should be up to the patient to judge how much risk he/she is willing to take in light of the handicap. And follow-up treatment should be readily available. No one should have to go overseas for risky treatment.)
Some MS patients obtain little or no relief from angioplasty. Treatment now focuses on the jugular, vertebral and azygos veins, but there are additional veins which may need attention. Also, if the vein collapses so easily, it may open easily as well. I have found a neck massage
pushing the blood down towards the heart is enough to stop an “attack”. Think of a weak garden hose which collapses when there is no water flowing through it. Physical manipulation can open the vein and get the blood flowing out of the brain. When I use the TENS electrical stimulation on the upper back Gall Bladder acupressure points, I can feel a subtle release in the neck/brain circulation. Is this the vein opening? Or is it a "sticky" valve which opens to permit free blood circulation? (Dr. Sclafani has observed that 85% if the vein problems are in fact valve problems.) And now one must also consider that obstructed cerebrospinal fluid may actually impede venous blood flow, that it is cranial fluid circulation in general at issue.
I believe the various vein abnormalities can be more subtle than a mechanically treatable stenosis. Blood circulation can be restricted by a weakened vein (or stuck valve) which narrows intermittently or collapses because of stress and can be kept open without angioplasty by removing the stress (e.g.glutens, aspartame, mercury fillings, mother, food intolerances, cold, flus, toxins, ambition) and enhancing blood (or cranial fluid) circulation (massage, acupuncture, acupressure, kinesiology, homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, swimming.) For these patients toxic MS drugs may aggravate the problem. This means Controlling MS. It may require daily blood circulation treatments (see Self Acupressure Blog entry) but other conditions require daily attention as well (e.g. diabetes) Individual solutions for the venous blood circulation problem can be as varied as the multiple stress factors which trigger it. That is why what works for one MS patient may not work for another.
I don’t see how a double blind study can account for all these variables. Those who need angioplasty shouldn't have to go overseas to be treated. At the very least diagnostic tools should be made available to identify the likely candidates. But before one succumbs to despair at being unable to obtain angioplasty, one should consider the options mentioned above. And researchers shouldn't be so fixed on the idea that the blood reflux occurs solely because of a visible vein abnormality. This obsession with vein "structure" is casting doubt on the theory, delaying treatment and giving power to the Neurologists who want to bury the theory in favour of their inefffective, often harmful, immunosuppressive drugs. Most MS patients know intuitively that Dr. Zamboni is on the right track. Annette Funicello and her husband Gene Holt know it. (It's the only treatment after 25 years which has made a difference for her.) Far from protecting them, I believe Neurologists and the FDA restrictions are condemning MS patients in the US to years of unnecessary decline.
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Well, you can't cure something if you don't know what it is. I believe Multiple Sclerosis is only secondarily an auto-immune problem. Rather, it is a venous blood circulation disorder, the immune system activity being a normal reaction subsequent to injury. This activity MAY injure the central nervous system (CNS), but treatment should focus on the primary CAUSE - a blood circulation disorder (CCSVI).
Some MS cases experience a spectacular recovery after the blocked veins leading from the CNS are opened with
angioplasty.This means a Cure. Unfortunately, the improvement doesn't always last, the veins may close up again. Not only is there a risk of restenosis, thrombosis may actually block the vein because of scarring. Work with stem cells to prevent the immune system activity which can actually close the vein (meaning one might be worse off than before intervention) are proving promising, but difficult to procure. If I should take the risk of angioplasty, I will drink newly pressed raw vegetable juice from day one, knowing from recent experience that it heals wounds with minimal scarring. At least I can do that for myself as a protection.
Interventional Radiologists are learning through experience. They now have developed an IntraVenousUltraSound which can actually see inside the vein being treated for angioplasty. It is believed that the Restenosis (renarrowing) of the vein results from a balloon being too small. However, if the balloon is too large it may damage the vein wall which could lead to thrombosis. Thus it is probably better to risk restenosis (which in Dr. Zamboni's experience occurs 50% of the time in the Jugular veins) than thrombosis.
The use of stents to keep the veins open has been controversial since at least one case led to death after the stent migrated into the heart. However, use of stents has resulted in real recoveries without complications.. Stent sizes are being perfected. Jugular Bypass surgery is considered . More than 25,000 angioplasties for CCSVI on MS patients have been performed worldwide; success rate unknown. However, some angioplasties succeed and the patients enjoy complete recovery.
Unfortunately for patients that cannot benefit from therapies which enhance blood circulation (see below) because the circulation is literally blocked they will need to continue drug therapy to treat the deleterious effects of the blood reflux until they can obtain relief through angioplasty. Scientific researchers will need to adjust their focus towards minimizing the consequences of the blood reflux and find ways to assure the success of angioplasty for CCSVI. (Yes, there are risks. The veins drain the brain which pose a different degree of threat than treating varicose veins. But it should be up to the patient to judge how much risk he/she is willing to take in light of the handicap. And follow-up treatment should be readily available. No one should have to go overseas for risky treatment.)
Some MS patients obtain little or no relief from angioplasty. Treatment now focuses on the jugular, vertebral and azygos veins, but there are additional veins which may need attention. Also, if the vein collapses so easily, it may open easily as well. I have found a neck massage
pushing the blood down towards the heart is enough to stop an “attack”. Think of a weak garden hose which collapses when there is no water flowing through it. Physical manipulation can open the vein and get the blood flowing out of the brain. When I use the TENS electrical stimulation on the upper back Gall Bladder acupressure points, I can feel a subtle release in the neck/brain circulation. Is this the vein opening? Or is it a "sticky" valve which opens to permit free blood circulation? (Dr. Sclafani has observed that 85% if the vein problems are in fact valve problems.) And now one must also consider that obstructed cerebrospinal fluid may actually impede venous blood flow, that it is cranial fluid circulation in general at issue.
I believe the various vein abnormalities can be more subtle than a mechanically treatable stenosis. Blood circulation can be restricted by a weakened vein (or stuck valve) which narrows intermittently or collapses because of stress and can be kept open without angioplasty by removing the stress (e.g.glutens, aspartame, mercury fillings, mother, food intolerances, cold, flus, toxins, ambition) and enhancing blood (or cranial fluid) circulation (massage, acupuncture, acupressure, kinesiology, homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, swimming.) For these patients toxic MS drugs may aggravate the problem. This means Controlling MS. It may require daily blood circulation treatments (see Self Acupressure Blog entry) but other conditions require daily attention as well (e.g. diabetes) Individual solutions for the venous blood circulation problem can be as varied as the multiple stress factors which trigger it. That is why what works for one MS patient may not work for another.
I don’t see how a double blind study can account for all these variables. Those who need angioplasty shouldn't have to go overseas to be treated. At the very least diagnostic tools should be made available to identify the likely candidates. But before one succumbs to despair at being unable to obtain angioplasty, one should consider the options mentioned above. And researchers shouldn't be so fixed on the idea that the blood reflux occurs solely because of a visible vein abnormality. This obsession with vein "structure" is casting doubt on the theory, delaying treatment and giving power to the Neurologists who want to bury the theory in favour of their inefffective, often harmful, immunosuppressive drugs. Most MS patients know intuitively that Dr. Zamboni is on the right track. Annette Funicello and her husband Gene Holt know it. (It's the only treatment after 25 years which has made a difference for her.) Far from protecting them, I believe Neurologists and the FDA restrictions are condemning MS patients in the US to years of unnecessary decline.
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