In a message dated 9/2/98, [log in to unmask] writes:
>Hi-- with respect to the current discussion:
>There is no known cure for MS. Currently there are three known drugs
>which have been shown to have ameliorating effects on symptoms and actually
have decreased or slowed delay of progressive disabilities.
***Maybe someone else heard that some scientists recently have implicated a
bacterium (chlamydia pneumoniae, not the sexually transmitted and more
familiar chlamydia)) in either MS or Alzheimer's or both, but I just caught it
in passing the TV set here the other day. I would be most interested in
knowing if my cursory contact with the end of a TV item was correct and if
there was much more to this theory.
It is particularly interesting because that same bacterium has also been
implicated in the onset of cardiac disease - that is why my cardiologists
prescribed a brief course of azithromycin after my bypass surgery last year.
They also showed me a few research articles on the use of this antibiotic in
treating some forms of heart disease. See, for instance:
http://www.asmusa.org/pcsrc/tip1196d.htm
Yet other bacteria (helicobacter pylori) have been implicated in duodenal and
some types of gastric ulcer and antibiotic treatment has been eminently
successful in curing such conditions.
Apparently, this bacterium infects the stomachs of over 50% of the world's
population (see http://www.helico.com), so there may be other bacteria equally
ubiquitous that may be contributing to other diseases that have stymied
research for years.
So far I have come across one website which gives info on the bacterial link
with Alzheimer's:
http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/9fa16.htm
I am still searching for similar links with MS - has anyone else done this
successfully?
Dr Mel C Siff
Littleton, Colorado, USA
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