how could the 8 year cycle be explained?
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:43 am
I was diagnosed with RR-MS in 2004 at the age of 47. But before the diagnosis - I say all this with hindsight - symptoms did show up at a rather regular interval of about 8 years, the first one when I was 14 years old. I worked this back and suggested it to a doctor who argued that probably there have been more occurances and I just picked the ones which happen to be 8 years apart. He is right that there were more occurances but they were less in effect. The fact of the matter is that I went to see a doctor only at these specific occurances that lay 8 years apart. I did not know anything about MS until I was diagnosed, it was never suggested not even hinted. Most of the time I got some antibiotics and Vitamine B and fully recovered within a week or two.
The occurances always happened in early Spring, synchronising with the yearly (sun)cycle. This is when Vitamine D is low, suggesting a Vitamine D relationship. But then, there must be another "bigger wave" that causes the 8 year cycle with some precision. And I guess this is not only for me but for many MS patients that start with a benign form of MS with symptoms (or flares) showing up only once every 8-10 years. My question is: What is causing this cycle??
I asked the doctor whether he knows about a long-term cycle in the "growth" of the vascular system, but he says there is no. So is it the brain that has a long term cycle, perhaps shrinking and expanding with an 8 - 10 year cycle?? That synchronises with the typical 7-10 year life cycle that is documented so much, even in papers from thousands of years ago??
My theory then goes a bit as follows: because of CCSVI, the iron penetrates in the BBB. Every 8 years when the brain is in a shrinking mode, the iron sediments cause more problems, and get more toxic. And then when Vitamine D is low, the symptoms/flares show up.
Is there some sense in this? Thank you for your views and ideas.
The occurances always happened in early Spring, synchronising with the yearly (sun)cycle. This is when Vitamine D is low, suggesting a Vitamine D relationship. But then, there must be another "bigger wave" that causes the 8 year cycle with some precision. And I guess this is not only for me but for many MS patients that start with a benign form of MS with symptoms (or flares) showing up only once every 8-10 years. My question is: What is causing this cycle??
I asked the doctor whether he knows about a long-term cycle in the "growth" of the vascular system, but he says there is no. So is it the brain that has a long term cycle, perhaps shrinking and expanding with an 8 - 10 year cycle?? That synchronises with the typical 7-10 year life cycle that is documented so much, even in papers from thousands of years ago??
My theory then goes a bit as follows: because of CCSVI, the iron penetrates in the BBB. Every 8 years when the brain is in a shrinking mode, the iron sediments cause more problems, and get more toxic. And then when Vitamine D is low, the symptoms/flares show up.
Is there some sense in this? Thank you for your views and ideas.