Posted on 11/05/2019 10:57:55 AM PST by BenLurkin
The report by insurance provider Blue Cross Blue Shield says the diagnosis rate of MS in Central New York is 45 per 10,000 insured people or 1 in every 222.
Nationally, that number drops to just 1 in every 416 insured persons.
Dr. Corey McGraw with Upstate neurology says research has already shown MS is more common in people living farther away from the equator. The more north you live, the more likely you are to be diagnosed, he said.
Location is also what's sparked a deeper interest in a lack of Vitamin D and fighting off flu viruses.
“The fact that Syracuse had a higher rate than even our surrounding communities is puzzling, and we don't know why that is,” Dr. McGraw said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnycentral.com ...
Was that pond on a hog farm...
Not here.
Lived in Syracuse for few years when growing up ……..
The link I posted above indicates the UK has the highest rate(143.8/100,000). Canada is in the top 5.
UK 143.8/100k
Sweden 134.8
Ireland 125
Denmark 112
Canada 111
Sorry I misread the table - the US isn’t in the top 5 with 91.7/100,000 it falls at #11 on the table.
Seems like a dream....
Nope, it’s not MS it’s Lyme Disease, I’d bet the farm on it
The date for the article in your link is 2008.
Later reports have Canada as the highest.
The MS sufferer I know spent her childhood outdoors on horseback in sunny So. Cal. She came down with it around age 19. I doubt vitamin D has anything to do with it. I’m going with a virus theory. That would fit with pockets of outbreaks, and people in the same family more likely to be affected, though perhaps differently, due to proximity. My friend’s brother became schizophrenic within roughly that same age, as many schizophrenics do. Maybe hormonal development kicks it into action? idk, but my speculation is as good as anybody else’s.
Interesting.
I remember the LSM going after Mitt Romney's wife as entitled for her horseback riding.
She said it's therapy for her MS.
Inbreeding
I used to travel on business to Syracuse a lot.
Let’s just say almost everyone I worked with had a last name ending in a vowel.
Wow - wouldn’t have thought rates would have changed that much in just 11 years.
My wife’s brother who has lived all his life in Miami, Florida, Was diagnosed with MS when he was 30. He is now 65 and is in a convalescent hospital in Miami. He is bedridden and has no control of his lower body. The interesting thing is we know of at least 10 other people who have MS or have died of complications from MS who attended the same high school in the same decade that he went there. The most common guess is that it had something to do with the water supply to the school, but there are no concrete answers. I doubt lack of sunlight or vitamin D was a factor though. Not in Miami Florida. And it’s a whole lot closer to the equator than Syracuse. Just sayin...
snow
In addition to Ithaca’s higher latitude, the recent trends toward less dairy, low-fat foods, and greater use of sunscreens and avoidance of sun all make for lower Vitamin D levels.
Really? Of course genetics has something to do with it.
Family here in town. Sisters married brothers. All kids died from MS. And there were 5. One brother not affected. I thought it was a fact that genetics contributed, or was the cause of MS?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.