Re: chronic lyme borreliosis at the root of MS?

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:12:20 +1100, "Gutbuster"
<dont-stare@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
alt.sup****t.mult-sclerosis:

>I don't know what to call a keloid condition but it is one that
constantly 
>heals scars etc. In short it is basically a body self repair thing that
has 
>gone wild and my view of MS has been (incorrectly or not I admit) that it
is 
>the body attacking itself or a defence mechanism gone wild. So why go
wild 
>in either case? Eg, how does a healthy body know a small cut on the arm
has 
>been done and it should stop healing now and why does a keloid sufferer's

>body just keep going? Similarly, why do those rare people who never stop 
>growing until that kills them have their bodies do that? I knew one such
guy 
>when I was a kid. He was an elder cousin's friend and was around 7 and a 
>half feet tall and never stopped growing until about 25 when it killed
him.

I cannot answer any of your questions directly, but I can come
close or raise new questions for you.  :-)

One theory of MS is that it is a survival trait just as sickle
cell anemia is a survival trait.  The most common disease of
young people in Africa was Malaria.  A person with Sickle Cell
Anemia cannot contract Malaria.  MS is said to be an over active
immune system that protects us from the various plagues that went
through Europe.  Mother Nature does not care about individuals,
she only cares about the species.  I do not believe this theory
of MS, but you did ask.

I wish I could remember the details of an article I read.  My
(perhaps faulty) recollection is that our old friend Vitamin D is
essential for shutting down the attack of the T-cells against
foreign invaders.  I emphasize that my memory might be faulty.

Just more for you to think about.
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**** happens.  You wish it happened every day if you have multiple
sclerosis.