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I wonder why they came back worse than before. this is just a wild guess and not based on any medical training. when you have something wrong such as a numb leg, after years you kinda get used to it. it still is terrible but you live with it. take it away for 5 months and you completly forget what ...

We have not had a case study in quite some time. This one was very interesting to me The patient was a 37 year old woman with RRMS diagnosed in 2000. Symptoms at current time include fatigue, heat intolerance, head and neck pain, imbalance, numbness in both hands, weakness in both arms and legs with...

it's a useful way to think of it to classify CCSVI into 2 groups: outflow obstructions and inflow lesions outflow obstructions being self-explanatory at this point inflow lesions being the result of secondary veins that, because of their own blockage, redirect flow into the veins draining the head/...

I wanted to share this topic which has its own thread TOS aka thoracic outlet syndrome Haven't read up too much on it, but have a friend that was dx'd with a TOS variant involving subclavian vein compression from the costoclavicular ligament which lies between the first rib and clavicle. Myriad of C...

Thank you very much for your response. I don't know what is considered early regression. I think I was lucky compared to many others, and I'm still using the walker, though I can't get very far. I can still get miles on my recumbent tricycle, though I am way out of shape since last November. Wrong ...

Haven't read up too much on it, but have a friend that was dx'd with a TOS variant involving subclavian vein compression from the costoclavicular ligament which lies between the first rib and clavicle. Myriad of CCSVI type symptoms and even into the spinal column. From what I've read it is correcta...

Endovascular treatment of chronic cerebro spinal venous insufficiency in patients with multiple sclerosis modifies circulating markers of endothelial dysfunction and coagulation activation: a prospective study http://journals.lww.com/bloodcoagulation/Abstract/publishahead/Endovascular_treatment_of_...

I have been vacillating about your treatment for a long time, even though my first treatment, at another clinic, was a success for a year and still had had some effect. One thing that puzzles me: when I had arterial stents put in my chest for a heart attack, the drug regimen was a year of plavix, a...

NHE wrote:Hi Dr. Sclafani,
Can vertigo be a symptom of CCSVI? For example, vertigo with nausea while lying down, but gone as soon as a sitting position is attained?

Thanks, NHE

Yes. It can

Dr Sclafani Do you think that an enlarged spleen with a high level of hemolysis (because of hereditary spherocytosis) low hematocrit low hemoglobin and ccsvi problems can lead to agressive ms symptoms? Aristarxos that is an interesting question, not like any other we have seen here. I did a literat...

In the CCSVI procedure referred to above (my second), major blockages were opened in both IJVs, the azygos, renal and iliac veins. That was when my vision improved, so perhaps this "stradles" a common experience with dlynn. In my first CCSVI procedure that just opened blockages in the RIJ...

dlynn, Right after my second CCSVI procedure, my eyesight also improved. While sitting in recovery, I looked at a pill bottle on the bedside table. As usual, it has the tiniest print in a light color against a white label. To my amazement, I could read it perfectly from a distance. It's now three y...

Hi Dr. S, I thought I'd add my update and I also have question. You found and treated a web in my RIJV in February 2010. The procedure was a success and benefits have held for the most part. My feet are now warm, hands are warmer, MS hug is gone, my back pain has improved, and most important my gai...

...............I surely know much more about veins, valves, endothelium, balloons, stents, anticoagulation, neurological assessment, ms, lymes, chronic fatique, ivus, than when I started answering questions....................Its not like I am winding down. I remain wound up by this treatment. In f...

Dr. Sclafani, I forgot to mention that since my procedures (for RVCS and PCS), my eyesight has improved. Even though I still need glasses, I no longer need a magnifier to read small print. It wasn't immediate, I still recall you asking me if I still needed my glasses after the procedure. It was a f...