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Thanks Jimmylegs, that's a big help!! I'm sure I'll have a lot more questions for you soon ;)

Okay, I went shopping today and struggled to find a suitable zinc supplement, everything appeared to have additional vitamins and minerals added so I bought a basic brand containing 15mg zinc citrate (I guess he could take 3 capsules) . He also takes 10000iu of Vitamin D3 (Healthy Origins) Omega 3 E...

Jimmylegs could you possibly tell me the dosage of zinc that your taking?

Of course!!!!

Have you had a lumbar puncture, repeated MRI? To be honest I would ask to see a different doctor. When my husband took ill, very sudden onset (similar symptoms to yourself) our doctor seemed unconcerned, suggested it could be viral. I was having none of it, I had already done quite a bit of studies ...

This may be a really basic question, but I don't know the answer!! Should my husband have a leaky gut and toxins pass through into the BBB system, then he repairs the permeability of the gut wall with probiotics, zinc and Vit.D3. What happens to the toxins that are now trapped in the CNS via the BBB?

After correcting your zinc and in turn Vitamin D3 levels, did this have any impact on your ms symptoms or progression?

Zinc and Vitamin D seem to be synergistic and one helps the function of the other. We often hear stories of those living in the far north having limited vitamin D due to lack of sunlight, however the zinc part is very much played down. My husband an April birthday, brought up in the far north of Sco...

With regards to the 'zinc' my husband suffered from white spots on his fingernails during his teenage years!! An indicator of a zinc deficiency!!

Sorry to hear about all your problems 'Point North'. To understand my husbands 'leaky gut' I envisaged it as pouring water into a bucket with holes. All vitamins and minerals would not be probably absorbed, therefore deficiencies would occur. Foods would not be properly digested, pass through the wa...

For now the high dose probiotics bought online from a company called 'Neways' seemed to be doing the trick. My husband has also been attending the HBO unit and after the first visit we have all noticed a difference, his eyesight, balance and bladder have all improved. My husband was diagnosed last S...

These thoughts have crossed my mind, I do wonder now whether he should have had more tests done x

My husband has had problems with bowel urgency for around 15 years. Onset probably occurred after a visit to a zoo, which resulted in severe sickness and diahorrea. Typical man never admitted that there was a problem. 15 years later he has now MS, in our quest for answers we have tried various diffe...

The hospital near us holds a relapse clinic every Friday, run by the MS nurse. Might be worth finding out if there's a similar set up near you. My husband has responded well when he has taken steroids.

I am travelling to London with my husband to see Heidi Grant on Thursday!! Fingers crossed that I have some positive feedback soon!!