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My right hand started showing signs of heaviness and writing difficulties fifteen years before my diagnosis. During the MS attack in Dec 2008, I experienced heavy itching on the same hand to the point of bleeding due to scratching at night. My right hand feels better once I change my posture. I che...

No one knows the cause but their are certain similar probable causes: EBV, CCSVI, Lack or low Vitamin D, Trauma such as whiplash, one of 50 genes now associated with MS. It appears you have to have about three of the causes before it becomes MS. Careful Milesap. Many of the "causes" you l...

Does anyone here believe that their MS was caused by a virus? Or something else? You ask and you shall receive Scat89. Most research is pointing towards the cause of MS as a cross between genetics and enviroment(including possibly being exposed to a virus such as EBV) however as you see that is not...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/23/145636849/stem-cells-show-promise-as-blindness-treatment-in-early-study Great point! To bad this was not considered by other researchers: "My job is to decrease suffering, and if we overstate this and raise hopes falsely and then it doesn't work out, i...

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/01/17/brainstorm-sees-positive-data-in-als-stem-cell-trial/ "In addition, even though we are conducting a safety trial, the early clinical follow-up of the patients treated with the stem cells shows indications of beneficial clinical effects, such as an improv...

EBV again...


http://www.prohealth.com/library/showar ... ibid=16743

Have you been to your primary care doctor yet? If not I would make an appointment and yes I think you should tell him your fear of it being MS although it could be MANY other things besides MS. There are many opinionated people one here as to the causes of diseases(including MS) and their ideas rang...

My personal belief is that in order for back problems to cause any significant illness they need to occur with other life altering events. For example Parkinson's occurs if you hurt your back while walking in on your mom naked. Heck when it happened to me I could not stop shaking for weeks! I believ...

CV-I agree with my husband's doctor. There is no cure for stroke. There is only stroke prevention and rehabilitation. Jeff continues to have no new lesions, no relapses and continued symtom relief, now almost 3 years after venoplasty. And his gray matter loss has reversed. happy holidays-- cheer Ch...

Very interesting.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/su ... 10613.html

There is no way anyone on here has the expertise to give you a diagnosis even if you were to post a picture of your MRI. I know waiting sucks but it is better to have your doctor read it than someone who is only making an educated guess. Welcome to TIMS and if you have any other questions or just ne...

I believe there is information on Ginko Bilaba in the natural forum Gardenia. If not I remember reading something about Bilaba in the book "the Hobbit".

I hope this discovery has some therapeutic value but if not what a cool name for a protein!

Good thing we all have a choice whether to use them or not.

Thanks Squiffy.