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