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Originally Posted by tkrik
Just throwing this out there for those of you who know more about this and have been keeping track of CCSVI.
In all that I have read so far, they talk about the blood brain barrier and stents to help unclog arteries/veins in the brain. But what about the spinal cord? I, like others on here, have t-spine lesions as well. Would Zamboni's theory hold true for spinal lesions? How would they stent the veins/arteries within the spinal cord?   I can't seem to find anything about CCSVI and spinal cord lesions.
Also, is it possible that these are 2 different diseases? That people who only have brain lesions actually have a vascular disease but those who have lesions in other places have something else? And, if CCSVI some type of a congenital condition, wouldn't it tend to run in families more often? Or, again, is CCSVI a different disease?
Why is it that MS has areas within the brain that it "likes"? (
So many questions. Sorry, just trying to get a better understanding. CCSVI truly makes sense in regards to the brain. In my mind, I liken it to a stroke. |
Maybe it has to do with this part of the theory?
"...Zamboni found blockages not only in the veins in the neck directly beneath the brain -- the jugular veins --but in a central drainage vein, the azygos vein, which flushes blood down from the brain along the spine. Blockages here, he found were associated with the most severe form of MS, primary progressive, in which patients rapidly deteriorate. For this form of MS, there currently is no effective treatment..."
From the link Laura supplied, with thanks to her!
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...1121?s_name=W5