Texas man with multiple sclerosis uses bee venom therapy

http://www.khou.com ^ | July 1, 2013 | Vicente Arenas

[B4Ranch]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- According to Allan Swor, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, none of his medications were helping to ease the pain. He could barely move so he decided to try an unusual treatment.

He started bee venom therapy which requires him to be stung nearly 100 times each week. (snip)

“I just feel better all the time,” Swor said. “I hope I can work again one day.”

The stings are said to produce cortisol which can relieve inflammation.

[B4Ranch]

Another amazing treatment/cure that Mother Nature has provided us with.

[B4Ranch]

Click here for the video

http://www.khou.com/video?id=213940391&sec=548357

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

I’ve heard and seen this before with people who suffer different problems. Seems quite freaky to purposely sting yourself, but they all claimed it relieved their other problems tremendously. Some of them weren’t able to work anymore, but now can due to the bee treatment.

[Jeff Winston]

What if one develops a dangerous allergy?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

How many milliseconds after this story broke did the feds try to ban bees?

[American in Israel]

You stop

[Fiji Hill]

Years ago, I read about bee venom as an alternative treatment for arthritis. And since the patient can get it from the bees, the FDA can’t regulate it.

[B4Ranch]

I’m positive that the MS Society will never investigate this treatment.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

The bees produce cortisol which prevents inflammation..

Uh, so wouldn't it be better to inject cortisol?

[higgmeister]

It's not very newsworthy. Annette Funicello was doing this in 1997.

[vickixxxx]

Might be easier to get tested for Lyme Disease.

http://voices.yahoo.com/multiple-sclerosis-patients-tested-lyme-12586.html?cat=5

[ryderann]

A friend of mine was doing this back in the 60s.

[Marcella]

“How many milliseconds after this story broke did the feds try to ban bees?”

The feds might have trouble if they tried - first, it’s Texas and second, it’s my county, Montgomery, the most Republican county in Texas. If the man wants to sting himself, it’s his business.

[higgmeister]

Wow! did you see the comments on the Houston Station's website?

Steven Ruble · Top Commenter · Bend, Oregon

Is this your perverse idea of a joke? I thought responsible journalism did fact checking, evidently you do not want to let a little thing like truth or facts get in the way of a story.

I have had MS for over 30 years. In addition to bee stings, has he tried having his amalgam dental fillings removed, plasma periphrasis aka blood cleansing, CCSVI aka surgically placing stents in his neck veins, hyperbaric oxygen, eliminating aspartame, all of which have been proposed and debunked as fallacious for symptomatic relief or cures for MS. Maybe he should try a lobotomy or maybe even a healthy diet and losing 40 lbs, for starts, ya think ...

The real travesty/crime here is KHOU deliberately choosing to pass along false information, creating false hope for other MS patients who might trust you, at least up until now. Is this your idea of responsible journalism, because it is not and makes you look like the even bigger idiot!

...when the media picks it up and deliberately perpetuates this known misinformation they do an unbelievable disservice to the over 400,000 Americans, and their families, living with MS. It is an ultimate challenge to have a progressively degenerative neurological disease that has no known cause or cure. This story does not help MS patients, it hurts them! The harm is in publicly and deliberately choosing to perpetuate a proven fraud, by a media we are supposed to trust ... and they outright lie! And I thought they were smarter than that, evidently not. That is where I see the harm, how about you, do you see any harm in false reporting?

[Vigilantcitizen]

I had a lab that was a week from very expensive treatment for the arthritis that ravaged her hips. She into a hornets nest...never limped again.Got a cousin with Ms....will send him this.

[B4Ranch]

That appears to be from someone who is losing money hand over fist because of bees. There are multiple cures for most diseases. Travel around the world and you can learn about them. Here in America we have a medical society to support and our legislators are going to make sure we support it even if it kills us to do so.

[Jeff Winston]

You stop.

Lol. Well, I suppose that's simple enough.

[Jim Hill]

Last seen crossing the Canadian border somewhere south of Elmwood. Sought by RCMP authorities in connection with the wanton murder of 30 million bees.
/sarc

[Pining_4_TX]

Well, I guess. It’s been around for a long time, and if it were that good, everyone would be using it.

I wonder at the statement that it produces cortisol, the stress hormone. Seems to me it would produce endorphins in response to the pain - the same way that people get a nice buzz after eating hot peppers. Endorphins are the body’s way of easing pain.

[blackdog]

My mom suffered from ALS in the late 80's and passed in 92'. She lost her speech in early 1990. she was visiting us at home and while outside she was stung by one of my honey bees. I kept about six hives about the yard. Her speech was restored for about three hours, as was her other symptoms beaten back somewhat. The effects were temporary. We then collected bees in a jar to take to her and she would sting herself a few times. The whole thing worked as a temporary window for her to participate with speaking and swallowing meals.

In my opinion it was perhaps the venom helping, but more likely the adrenaline released from her metabolic reaction to being stung was the effect. After about a year of bee stinging, they no longer had enough effect. A year later she passed away due to hypoxia, being unable to breathe. She did not want a machine to prolong anything. She did however use a feeding tube placed in her belly-button for nutrition, taking medications, and hydration. That was ok with her because she could still walk and read. She used a Tandy Word Processor to talk with her keyboard. Those were the days laptops were in their infancy.