Is there a connection between Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis?

Natalia Corres — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:32:53 +0000

I received an email from my dear friend, Santi – who survives* MS and a few other health issues. She stays on top of what is going on in research and this was a bulletin from the National MS Society – Study Finds Evidence of Epstein-Barr Virus in Multiple Sclerosis Brain Tissues.The results of the study imply that there is a causal relationship between Epstein-Barr Virus and MS, and of course, that warrants further study. It does spur the imagination however, that a type of vaccine might be developed to prevent the virus, and therefore prevent MS if there is a relationship between one causing the other. These things are complex, and the mind of man is ever unraveling mysteries. I am keeping my fingers crossed that cures and preventions are imminent.

*You may note that I decribe Santi as a survivor as opposed to a sufferer. That is on purpose. A sufferer is by implication a passive recipient of pain, perhaps martyr-like in the abject approach to the pain and agony of the illness. My friend is not a passive recipient, but a courageous explorer and defender of her health. She arms herself with as much information as she can about her body and its workings, and defends her health – surviving onslaught after onslaught of pain and ancillary issues from her illness. She is one of the bravest and strongest women I know. So when she sends me information related to health I read it carefully and share it with anyone else who might need that information.

Thank you Santi! Keep up the fight!

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Is there a connection between Epstein-Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis?