Pregnancy hormone may offer hope for MS patients

Reuters ^ | 02/21/07 | Will Dunham

[Mr. K]

Wasn't this the same thing that "Lorenzo's Oil" movie was about? (not about MS but about myelin)

(A pretty fine movie, if you can ignore the politics)

[dawn53]

Interesting, thanks for posting.

They were testing estriol (pregnancy related hormone) to see if it was why pregnancy seem to cause MS to remit.

http://www.neurologyreviews.com/nov02/nr_nov02_estriol.html

I have MS and never felt better than when I was pregnant.

[KeyLargo]

"Wasn't this the same thing that "Lorenzo's Oil" movie was about? (not about MS but about myelin) "

"The 1992 movie "Lorenzo's Oil" brought to the attention of the world a rare disorder called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). It is a progressive degenerative myelin disorder, meaning that myelin, the "insulation" around nerves, breaks down over time. Without myelin, nerves can't function normally, or at all. Unfortunately, the body can't grow replacement myelin, so the disorder is progressive--it gets worse over time."
http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/ald/a/041301.htm

By the way, Ann Romney has MS.

See: http://petcaretips.net/dressage-ms.html

[KeyLargo]

On the Road With Ann Romney

Candidate's Wife May Have MS, but She's 'Totally Onboard' With Husband's White House Run..

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2874819&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

Thank you for the article; I was diagnosed with MS this past November.

[2ndClassCitizen]

Pass this on to the MS ping list.

[dawn53]

Saw your tagline. I'm a Beta babe too, LOL!

[Left Blue NJ for Red SC]

Thanks for posting this. My Mother has MS and this looks quite promising!

It also amazes me how the human body becomes almost super human (like stopping a disease) while pregnant.

[marvlus]

For your ping list.

[lapdog]

2003, I was too. I considered supporting Mitt until I read this article. I wish this woman well but I have serious doubts that her ridding and alternative therapies are doing what she is claiming. Not a good sign. Stick to your meds. The injections get to be no-big-deal after a while. Really.

[FairOpinion]

ping

[neverdem]

"He added that the findings also could have implications for other neurological conditions like spinal cord injury."

bump & a ping

[zip]

ping

[slowhandluke]

There's lots of immunosuppressants released during pregancy. One is a higher level of vitamin D. This doesn't cure MS, it only hides it, the same as prednisone.

If you are looking for a cure, look at www.marshallprotocol.com. Dr Doug Blaney of Canada is using this for several MS patients with promising results. You can contact him through the marshallprotocol website.

What I personally know of this is that it works for sarcoid for me, and RA for my wife.

[cgk]

MS Ping!

Please FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Multiple Sclerosis ping list...

[cgk]

Thank you so much for the head's up! Sorry for the delay, however ;).

[Tolkien]

When my wife was pregnant with our last child, she had a bad exacerbation that put her in the hospital.

What works for some does not work for others.

[Tolkien]

When my wife was pregnant with our last child, she had a bad exacerbation that put her in the hospital.

What works for some does not work for others.