Theory: MS is a disease of disrupted blood, CSF & lymphatic flow in and out of the CNS caused by damaged blood and lymph vessels, creating inflammation, hypoxic injury and reperfusion injury.

Not all who have MS have Lyme, Cpn, EBV infections, but some do. There are a variety of infections associated with MS--NOT just one. However, all of these infections cause endothelial dysfunction. Other factors which lead to endothelial disfunction are low vitamin D, low vitamin B12, inactivity, obesity, toxins, etc. If we step back and look at MS as a disease of slowed flow, THEN help each individual address their specific and unique issues, I believe we can slow MS progression. Honestly, I'm kinda burned out on each "camp" publishing a paper on how their theory is the cause of MS/CCSVI (like the new Stratton paper Sandro linked)....without stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. We need cooperation and dialogue across specialties, not a continued stream of myopic publications and camps. Anyone else feel this way? Discuss..... Joan