I'm happy to say that my latest semester is almost over, and as soon as I finish my finals, I will be able to put another in the books. I have learned alot over the course of my schooling, some of it extremely important, but alot that I sort of wish I never knew.
I've learned that the majority of medical knowledge is a Guesstimation. Our common beliefs in the infinite wisdom of most doctors is fraught with inaccuracies. I've realized that although the quality of my life is not necessarily the happiest of things, it is all that I have. It saddens me to no end that I am a member of a dying breed in this world, Intelligent introspect ors. What has become of this world? I simply do not know, but the waning of the Roman empire show extremely harsh similarity to our dwindling civilization.
It is often hard for me to believe, and especially agree with, my own beliefs on ideas and Hypothesis, but then I go back to what others have said, and I realize that I'm not that far off base. Myelin Degredation From what I have read, it seems that science has been teaching the same Ideas and basis for MS as I have been digging at. In my thoughts, it was caused by a Viral infection that Altered the Dna making a source cell unrecognizable by the host body. The Oligodendrocytes and Axons being the cells that are altered. The Culprit, a Simple cold sore. Or at least the Virus that causes them, HSV1. I am in the process of putting all of my research together, to show my neurologist at my next appointment, and see what he thinks. I will most likely be laughed out of the office, and then told 4 years down the road that I was right, but thats ok. I've learned to expect that line of thinking.
If HsV1 can be linked to other diseases then it is not that far of a jump to think that it may be the same for MS.
"A possible link between HSV-1 (i.e., the virus that causes cold sores or oral herpes) and Alzheimer’s disease was reported in 1979.[28] In the presence of a certain gene variation (APOE-epsilon4 allele carriers), HSV-1 appears to be particularly damaging to the nervous system and increases one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The virus interacts with the components and receptors of lipoproteins, which may lead to the development of Alzheimer's disease.[29] This research identifies HSVs as the pathogen most clearly linked to the establishment of Alzheimer’s.[30] Without the presence of the gene allele, HSV-1 does not appear to cause any neurological damage or increase the risk of Alzheimer’s.[31] Many more Alzheimer's disease susceptibility genes, including the major players APOE, clusterin, complement receptor 1 and PICALM are involved in the herpes simplex life cycle as curated in this database"
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