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An interesting article exploring the causation of MS

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People with multiple sclerosis (MS) have high levels of toxic compounds made by gut bacteria in the fluid around their brain and spinal cord, a study found. “This work not only furthers our understanding of the role of gut-brain communication in neurodegenerative disease progression, but also provides a potential metabolic target” to develop new MS […]

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twooldcrows

thank you had read about that ...hahahhah...ha my brain is mush anymore anyway with all of this bs that is going around with us ...hahahhahahahha

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goatgal

As scientific knowledge develops, bit by bit, we come closer to understanding to what definitively triggers the MS process. Though we understand the mechanism, and have found treatments to slow the damage in some, we are far from prevention or cure. Someday, science may arrive at an understanding of how to repair the damage in every individual and reverse the process. We are decades away,, of course, but every little bit helps. This was interesting. Thank you for posting it.

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kdali

Maybe those with more damage would benefit from fecal transplants the most. Interesting, ty!

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BettysMom

Certainly this information may explain why fecal transplant is sometimes successful in the treatment of MS. More on this: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl....

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Sandydemop

I appreciate the info. Maybe I should ask my doc to put me on tecfidera?k

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