great article, little confusing for me, had to read several times...but interesting.

I agree with Diane.. Lots of interesting Info but confusing... Thanks for sharing

are they advocating that MS patients need to be on long term antibiotic therapy?

Does the fact that antibiotics can roll back MS tell us something about the nature of the illness itself?

I think it does. Components of MS, at some stages and in some variants, may be:

A bacterial toxaemia. This may account for the mental fog, blunting of insight, greatly increased reaction times and many other non-specific symptoms which are hard to explain by demyelination alone, including fatigue; indeed, there is evidence of abnormal cortical activity. [Leocani L et al., Neuroimage. 2001;13(6 Pt 1):1186-92.] A toxaemia would be expected to resolve quickly with effective antibiotic treatment, as has happened here.

it seems like all the rest of the far reaching research out there and proposed treatments, and i interpreted that it is lifelong regime with careful monitoring or you relapse. i also suppose it would be near impossible to find a doctor to agree and prescribe, and well as insurance to pay. oh well, in a perfect world...thanks for the post, connie

This is certainly a fascinating look at things. Dr. Wheldon does appear to treat with antibiotics (over in the UK) but since antibiotics are well known to cause bacteria imbalances, this seems quite controversial. The article seems to reinforce the idea that a good diet is key.

This is the same topic as the post about the cure for MS. So this is what they think it is caused by. But I got MS when I was a little kid. I really wonder about this. This theory doesn't make sense to me. Not unless MS is a bunch of many diseases.

Just thinking out loud.

This is essentially the same information that lilydog started a discussion with on 8/26/12. The difference being is that her link was to a video report.

I'll repeat what I wrote in lilydog's discussion...

An interesting video attributing MS to a "chronic infection". Maybe it is, but it'll be years before we know whether it really is or not. "Cures" like this (year long regimine of antibiotics)and CCSVI, have one major fault. They have not been put through double blind clinical testing. Remember, even in clinical trials, the placebos "cure" some of the volunteers. These "cures" can be attributed to something I heard a neurologist say and that is; "we have the power to cure ourselves within ourselves."

Personally, I think those who have experienced "cures" of MS using CCSVI or even this antibiotic regimine, may have well "cured" themselves through their own faith in the procedure and not through the procedure at all.

Just to clarify, I'm not saying lilydog posted about this first, rather, she posted a video link about this same treatment for MS.

Which makes me wonder about Dr. Terry Wahls' diet cure. Does it really work or was she actually going into remission? I don't know without doing her diet. It is really hard to eat 3 full green vegetables a day. And all the other colors. I am trying and I am gradually losing weight. But I think that Judy Graham's comprehensive way of attacking it on all fronts with supplements, Pilates, food, etc. that I think really helps.

I wish we could all come into a room and discuss this stuff in person. Wouldn't that be interesting??? I would love to meet many of you all. Now that would be a great movie.