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Lakeland Area Multiple Sclerosis Support Group
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Welcome to the LA
MeSSG web site.
=================================================================== Welcome to the Lakeland Area Multiple Sclerosis Support Group
a.k.a. The LA MeSSG
We don't
have just one Sclerosis, we have Multiple of them, so with that being said, we have enough to share. Would you like
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| The MS Foundation |

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| Our Support |
| The VA MS Center of Excellence |

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| Our Information |
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| Disabled American Veterans Chapter #28 |

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| Our Home |
Welcome to the LA MeSSG, a website started by veterans for veterans with MS and
their families, however, ALL people with MS are welcome. Please look around through our many pages.
create & buy custom
products at Zazzle
Also please go to our LA MeSSG webpage to see what's going on here locally in Lakeland
Greetings All, here is a video of the
2009 Polk County Veterans Day Parade. The members of
the Lakeland Area MS Support Group participated, look at the 5:30 mark. Thank you all for a great day.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/polk-veterans-council
Click here for MS My Way Brain Games
=================================================================== Patients Push Doctors for New MS Test 
By LAURAN NEERGAARD THE ASSOCIATED
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Published: Monday, March 22, 2010 at 11:44 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 22, 2010 at 11:44 p.m. WASHINGTON | Under intense pressure from
patients, some U.S. doctors are cautiously testing a provocative theory that abnormal blood drainage from the brain may play
a role in multiple sclerosis - and that a surgical vein fix might help. If
it pans out, the approach suggested by a researcher in Italy could mark a vast change for MS, a disabling neurological disease
long blamed on an immune system gone awry. But many patients frustrated by today's limited therapies say they don't have time
to await the carefully controlled studies needed to prove if it really works and are searching out vein-opening treatment
now ó undeterred by one report of a dangerous complication. Click here to read the rest of the story
=================================================================== ms article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8374980.stm Multiple sclerosis 'blood blockage theory' tested | By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News
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The answer may lie with blood flowUS scientists are testing a radical new theory that multiple
sclerosis (MS) is caused by blockages in the veins that drain the brain. The University of Buffalo team were intrigued by
the work of Italian researcher Dr Paolo Zamboni who claims 90% of MS is caused by narrowed veins. He says the restricted drainage,
visible on scans, injures the brain leading to MS. He has already widened the blockages in a handful of patients. The US team
want to replicate his earlier work before treating patients. Experts welcomed the research saying it was important to confirm
the basic science before evaluating any therapy. MS is a long-term inflammatory condition of the central nervous system which
affects the transfer of messages from the nervous system to the rest of the body. | This is not something patients can expect as a treatment now. This is experimental
work and is being tested A spokeswoman for the MS Society |
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Buffalo team, led by Dr Robert Zivadinov, plan to recruit 1,100 patients with MS and 600 other volunteers as controls who
are either healthy or have neurological diseases other than MS. Using Doppler ultrasound, they will scan the patients to see
if they can find any blockages within the veins of the neck and brain. If they can prove Dr Zamboni's theory of "chronic
cerebrospinal venous insufficiency", they say it will change our understanding of MS.
Rewriting scienceMargaret Paroski, who is chief medical officer
at Kaleida Health, where the Buffalo researchers are based, said the work could overturn prevailing wisdom that the damage
in MS is predominantly the result of abnormal immune responses. "When I was in medical school, we thought peptic ulcer
disease was due to stress. We now know that 80% of cases are due to a bacterial infection. | I found the evidence of narrowing - narrowing of the veins just in MS patients Dr Zamboni |
"Dr Zivadinov's work may lead to a whole
different way of thinking about MS." Dr Zamboni, of the University of Ferrara, believes the blockages are the cause rather
than the consequence of MS and that they allow iron from the blood to leak into the brain tissue, where it causes damage.
He has performed procedures similar to angioplasty to unblock the veins and get the blood flowing normally again. He claims
this "liberation procedure" can alleviate many of the symptoms of MS and is due to publish his findings in the Journal
of Vascular Surgery. In an interview with CTV News in Canada he said: "I found the evidence of narrowing - narrowing
of the veins just in MS patients. "I'm fully convinced that this is very, very important for people." Early
daysKevin Lipp, an MS patient from the US, has been symptom-free since being treated by Dr Zamboni. He said: "It's
only been 10 months. If nothing happens in the next two to three years, we'll know it's working." The BBC has heard anecdotally
of other surgeons in Europe testing out the same treatment. The MS Society said more research was needed to see if this was
an avenue that should be explored further. "This is not something patients can expect as a treatment now. This is experimental
work and is being tested. We need to know more about its safety and effectiveness." Helen Yates, of the MS Resource Centre,
said: "There is no doubt that this area warrants a great deal more study. "This could represent a completely novel
approach to MS research which, if proven to be relevant, could be a "sea change" in the understanding of the mechanisms
involved in the condition."
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What should I do with used syringes? Did you know that
Polk County has a program to dispose of your sharps containers? You can also get new ones free of charge. To find
a location near you, click on the Polk County link. Click on "Used Sharps Collection Program"
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The above icon will link you to a slide show presented by the National Library
of Medicine. The slide show is a good presentation of Multiple Sclerosis. Hope you enjoy it.
The
below icon will link you to a video place on You Tube and sponsored by the National MS Society. In this video, a person
with MS shows others how many of you may feel and deal with MS. Hope you enjoy this one also.
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