Can Multiple Sclerosis be Cured with a Simple Surgical Procedure?
A simple corrective surgical procedure may offer MS patients a cure for their disease, but experts are warning that more research needs to be done.
MS has long been regarded as an autoimmune disease, but an Italian researcher, Paolo Zamboni, MD, of the University of Ferrara, in Ferrara, Italy, says it may result from poor vascular circulation in the brain. If so, a minor surgical procedure, called percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, could open the veins and potentially halt or reverse the course of the disease.
“The theory is this: Abnormal flow through the azygous and jugular venous systems results in a build-up of iron in the brain. The excess iron damages blood vessels and allows the metal, as well as other substances, to cross the blood-brain barrier,” according to an article in MedPage Today.
The case is not proved, however, and experts caution that more study is needed.
Source: “AAN: Scientists Caution MS Patients on New Theory”, MedPage Today, April 15, 2010
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Sounds pretty risky, right?