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I found the answer to my first question : "The valves in the jugular veins are not essential with over 20% of the population having no valves in these veins. It is thought that permanent disruption of the valves using balloons alone is not possible at present and that over aggressive high press...

Thanks Cece, I made a mistake when I sent my Post....I put the topic in the right place.

Dear Dr Sclafani, I wish you an exciting new year and thank you for your commitment to MS sufferer. I have 2 simple questions (sorry if this as already been discussed) : 1)are there valves in the internal jugular veins ? I have been told by a french vascular surgeron, that blood flow doesn't need va...

Dear Dr Sclafani, I wish you an exciting new year and thank you for your commitment to MS sufferer. I have 2 simple questions (sorry if this as already been discussed) : 1)are there valves in the internal jugular veins ? I have been told by a french vascular surgeron, that blood flow doesn't need va...

I also have both IJV occluded (luckily many collaterals) and I'm interested in any reply to this thread...

Thanks a lot for sharing this !

You should ask to your doctor because you have to be careful if you had a stent. He may check if there's no clot or anything else. I heard some people had headackes after the procedure but things went better with time and headackes disapeared.

Merci pour ces nouvelles !

Thanks Cheer for this post, I'm waiting for the results of the canadian studies...is there any critical data to be released soon ?

Cece, you were really decided to get treated...I prefer wait and see before taking any risk...maybe I'm a coward !

CCSVI is mainly due to stenoses and valves dysfonction. In some case, it is due to postural causes such as muscle compression. Some may benefit from UCC and not from vein dilatation, others may have no success with UCC and experience a relief of symptomes with an angioplasty...

Science is going forward even if the process is a bit shaky. This only matters.
No need to argue.

In these studies, like in others, the results are really different. One team of researchers found no people with MS had CCSVI, an other team found that 67.2% of pwms had CCSVI.

One can not yet conclude about the part of CCSVI in MS. More research is needed.

I also wonder why pwMS have a higher blood flow when they stand up, compared to ealthy subjects. It is clear that blood flow is important in MS. The CCSVI research is in an early stage, and original studies have not been replicated so far. However, several studies at least confirme a venous dysfonct...

Anyone can read and makes his own thought. After reading this report, i still believe CCSVI is more prevalent in people with MS. 7 studies have begun in Canada, this deals with 3 of them. The SCSP has published an article about these studies a few month ago. They said they would published results ev...

Don't know if this has already been posted : MS Research Progress Takes Center Stage at American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting Here is the link to the report : http://mssociety.ca/en/research/medmmo_20110511.htm quote related to CCSVI : Research Toward Restoring Function — CCSVI and MS Five ...