This Is MS Multiple Sclerosis Community: Knowledge & Support

EDIT: Cheerleader beat me to it: http://www.thisisms.com/ftopict-7582.html
I don't know how I missed it. So sorry for the duplicate post. I'll try harder next time, promise. ~HappyPoet

2nd EDIT: Should I delete the post? I just saw this is an option. ~HappyPoet
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Hello Everyone,

I hope you all find Zamboni's newest abstract interesting; I apologize if this has already been posted.

~HappyPoet
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Venous Collateral Circulation Of The Extracranial Cerebrospinal Outflow Routes.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19534716

A new nosologic vascular pattern that is defined by chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) has been strongly associated with multiple sclerosis. The picture is characterized by significant obstacles of the main extracranial cerebrospinal veins, the jugular and the azygous system, and by the opening of substitute circles. The significance of collateral circle is still neglected. To the contrary, substitute circles are alternative pathways or vicarious venous shunts, which permit the drainage and prevent intracranial hypertension. In accordance with the pattern of obstruction, even the intracranial and the intrarachidian veins can also become substitute circles; they permit redirection of the deviated flow, piping the blood toward available venous segments outside the central nervous system. We review the complex gross and radiological anatomy of collateral circulation found activated by the means of EchoColor-Doppler and selective venography in the event of CCSVI, focusing particularly on the suboccipital cavernous sinus (SCS), the condylar venous system, the pterygoid plexus, the thyroid veins, and the emiazygous-lumbar venous anastomosis with the left renal vein.

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I note the focus on thyroid veins. I believe that thyroid "auto-immunity" is a common amongst people with MS especially when they take immune suppressant drugs.... I wonder if reflux/distension is a contributory factor.

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3 years antibiotics, 06/09 bilateral jug stents at C1, 05/11 ballooning of both jug valves, 07/12 stenting of renal vein, azygos & jug valve ballooning,