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Old 02-05-2009, 01:18 AM #1
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Default "Lack of Sunshine Triggers Faulty MS Gene"

Just stumbled across this.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articl...05/2483112.htm
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Interesting...the comment about when you're born and it's relationship to MS is a bit scary for me.

My birthday is in May.
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Personally, I think it's a lot of hooey! I was born and raised in NM, at an altitude above sea level, and got my share of sunshine.

I recall getting burned several times on my shins and thighs. so I am more worried about skin cancer than a trigger for MS.
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I wish they'd use this research money towards other things....like a possible cure or oral medication. I, too, got tons of sun for years....probably too much. Up until I was in my late 30's I'd get brown as toast and bask in the sun from May till October with two weeks every July spent at Daytona Beach. Like Steve, I worry more about skin cancer than lack of vitamin D.
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Personally, I think it's a lot of hooey! I was born and raised in NM, at an altitude above sea level, and got my share of sunshine.
Agreed. I too was born in NM but grew up in NY. I got my suntans through sunburns

I've yet to see any birth-location/MS arguments that can hold water. "Where" doesn't lead to a reason for the Cause of the disease.

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If this were the case, why in my immediate family as well as extended family I am the only one with MS. I am pretty sure that my 9 brothers and sisters grew up in the same environment I did. LOL

With 10 kids all about a year apart, we were outside all the time except in rain. Cloudy days, snow, sunshine, whatever my mom took every opportunity to have us all outside as much as possible. Do you blame her? LOL

The article does say an environmental risk factor, however, there has to be more than just the vitamin D factor to trigger the MS.

I have often wondered if lack of saturated fats in our mom's breast milk has something to do with us getting MS. Breast milk is fatty (appx 50% fat) but that fat helps build healthy myelin in babies. To me, that seems more of a viable risk factor than the vitamin D theory.
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If this were the case, why in my immediate family as well as extended family I am the only one with MS. I am pretty sure that my 9 brothers and sisters grew up in the same environment I did. LOL
Another very good point! My family (mult-generations) lived in the same area. Yet, I am the only one.

Research need to look at other areas. Geography isn't the answer.

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