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New study Presented at ACTRIMS 2019 https://actrims.confex.com/actrims/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/3996 - 21% of MS patients have presence of ETX producing bacteria, 0% in healthy controls. - MS patients have more ETX in their blood. - ETX administration in mice resulted in disease activity similar to...

Fecal microbiota transplantation associated with 10 years of stability in a patient with SPMS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5882466/

The bacteria is common but the problem is supposed to be the toxin created by this bacteria.

They found 43% of MS patients were carrying antibodies to epsilon toxin VS 16% for controls

new study:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/201 ... -suggests/

I agree with lifestyle, but FMT has certainly a more profound impact. Exemple for C.Diff infection: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27724956 CONCLUSIONS: FMT induces profound microbiota changes, therefore explaining the high clinical efficacy for rCDI. The identification of commonly acquired bac...

There is currently a clinical trial in Canada, apparently still recruiting.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03183869

There is a probiotic called VSL#3 which has 450 billion bacteria. It has already been tested in EAE and MS with several sachets a day (total 3600 billion CFU/day ) http://n.neurology.org/content/86/16_Supplement/P5.320 Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that VSL#3 induces an anti-inflammatory imm...

What about the gut microbes? High fruits and vegs diet means high in fibers, that means high in prebiotics, that means good for the gut (imo much more than omega 3) From an evolutionary perspective, the real paleo diet is mostly plant based. And animals that hunter gatherers was hunting was wild ani...

Hi Jimmy, I don’t count my intake of nutrients and I rarely take supplements. I just try to eat as healthy as I can, and I avoid dairy, except a little cheese, and I limit grains with gluten. But thank for the advice, I will consider magnesium supplementation for a while. In addition to quit coffee,...

Hi everyone, I’ve deteriorated so much the 3 last years. From being able to walk 3 km with a cane, to a wheelchair, whereas nothing has changed the previous 5 years. The only thing that has changed in my lifestyle during the 3 last years was multiple attempts to stop coffee, going on and off coffee ...

Gut microbiome analysis in neuromyelitis optica reveals overabundance of Clostridium perfringens.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398819

Have you considered using a rollator first ? It's a 4 wheels walker with a seat included so you can pause everywhere. It's great way to taking walks safely. therre is also all-terrains models. http://www.trionic.us/ segways are definitely not appropriate for someone who need a wheelchair ! not even ...

Hi, Good point ! I think this is a major cause. My father died one month before my birth. This has not impacted me directly but at this time, I was a part of my mother and was swimming in stress hormones. Then she has anxiously raised me alone. I’ve always been an anxious adult, with very low self c...

cervocuit wrote:It might be best to consult with a doctor.

Of coursse i've showed this to the neurologist. She has taken a picture and said she will report that and talk to her dermatologist colleague, and call me back if it was serious. She hasn't call me back yet.

http://img11.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_937164IMG1438.jpg This is my leg after 2,5 month on Cerenday. In the notification, they say that hypersensitivity reaction on the skin has been reported with some compounds of Cerenday, which are 100 mg of biotine and (in French) : Lactose monohydraté, crosc...