HOW MS progresses is well known. What causes MS is a mystery.
I have been doing a lot of research on how to lower those factors involved in the MS progression that are well documents in the medical world.
One of them is a very agressive version of TNF-a.
There is a TNF-a stress MS connection...
jackD
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Behav Neurosci. 2002 Dec;116(6):1093-7.
TNF-alpha and psychologically stressful events in healthy subjects: potential
relevance for multiple sclerosis relapse.
Lalive PH, Burkhard PR, Chofflon M.
Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
The authors conducted a prospective and descriptive pilot study in 14 healthy
medical students, investigating whether a psychologically stressful event (final
examination) may modify serum tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) levels.
There was a dramatic and sustained decrease of phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-induced
TNF-alpha several weeks before and the day of the examination, followed by a
significant increase of TNF-alpha starting the next day. Examination-induced
stress was confirmed by both elevated urinary cortisol concentration and
significant increase in stress scale scores.
Extending these results to patient suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS)
leads to the hypothesis that psychological stress may influence the course
of MS by substantially altering TNF-alpha levels, and suggests the need
for further studies in MS patients
exposed to stressful conditions.
PMID: 12492308 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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