CCSVI …. a New Approach to Treating Multiple Sclerosis by Denise Manley - facebook prikbord

CCSVI …. a New Approach to Treating Multiple Sclerosis

What is CCSVI ?

Chronic CerebroSpinal Venous Insufficiency

Sufficient amounts of blood are not getting back to the heart through certain veins

In MS patients it has been found to be the internal jugular veins in the neck and/or the azygos vein in the chest

These veins have been found to be malformed in some way

Not affected by cholesterol like arteries can be, but narrowed, twisted or kinked, some blocked entirely

All cause very slow to no flow or an actual refluxing of blood back to the brain and/or spinal cord

Refluxed blood carries and deposits excess iron in the brain and spinal cord

Is CCSVI New ?

No … There is much history and experience

There has been close to 150 years of research that points to the direction that MS is a vascular disease

Professor Paolo Zamboni of Ferra, Italy, brought all of this research together with today’s technologies

Over 12,000 procedures, known as the “Liberation Treatment”, have been performed worldwide in patients with MS over the past few years

Many patients and studies have reported that this showed the benefits of stopping the disease, as well as symptom relief in many

Since this breakthrough, there have been many researchers, doctors and studies opening their doors to MS patients

How can I get tested ?

Doppler Ultrasound (Zamboni protocol)

Magnetic Resonance Venography (MRV)

Most patients are tested using an MRV, done in an MRI machine with contrast

Instead of looking for lesions in the brain, it is used to show the veins in the neck & upper chest

Treatment

By Interventional Radiologists

Similar conditions have been corrected in many parts of the body for about 30 years, using angioplasty

A hollow catheter is threaded up through the veins from the groin

When in place a small balloon can be inserted into the problem area of the vein and inflated, allowing blood flow in a more normal pattern

Stents may be used in some cases

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