Multiple Sclerosis or MS Is Caused By A Virus 

My husband died from complications of Primary Progressive MS. He battled it bravely for 25 years but the disease was relentless. I hope they find a cure soon.

50 years ago my medical school class was greeted by the dean. He said "Half of what we are about to teach you is wrong. Unfortunately we don't know which half that is" Mono can be difficult to diagnose. I had one case that required SIX (6) tests at least a week apart to confirm the diagnosis. Many required 3 or more. The reason I have these "anecdotes" is other docs referred (dumped) hard cases to me. Some "colleagues" referred to me as "Dr. Know-it-all". They did not like me but sent their families to me! I defied "cookbook" medicine. I was threatened will having to pay therapeutic costs for treatments not pre-authorized by protocols. (A nurse paging through a loose leaf notebook made such determinations) There is no political agenda attached to EB or MS. That is why this is not "NEWS"

Wow!! I had Mono when I was 16 and actually missed my prom. Fast forward to 2016, when I was 44, I was diagnosed with MS. So now that we know this, I'm confident that a cure is in the near future! Thanks for sharing this!

Lyme disease has also been shown to be one potential root cause for MS. Wish this was also discussed more. In the root cause health community MS has long been discussed as being triggered by an EBV infection. But often its multiple things that come into play. Most people with Lyme Disease also have EBV for instance. Lots of cross over with all of them.

For those who are going to kick up about the possibility of a "vaccine" against Mono, perhaps you would want to read about my son's experience with this illness. He caught Mono at age 18 after attending a conference, quickly developing a swollen neck and the other usual symptoms. Instantly, he was bed-ridden, unable to stand or walk. We took him to the doctor, listened to his diagnosis and advice, and expected him to recover in a couple of weeks. Not so. He started to act strangely. He would try to get up only to fall from his bed. We brought him to the sitting room and put him between us on the sofa. But there again, he would shoot to his feet and managed to launch himself over the coffee table and crashing into the TV set. He then started to go out of his mind, laughing hysterically, his temperature rising, and (unknown to us) was developing secondary infections - we rushed him to hospital, where he stayed the weekend and stabilised. After that, he came home and spent weeks just sleeping. He'd wake up about an hour a day, where we forced him to go toilet, wash, and eat as quickly as possible before he started to drift off again. That was my life at that point, sitting worriedly by my son's bedside, determined not to let him lose too much weight and keeping him hydrated. It was so difficult to wake him, we just had to sit and stand by, at the ready. The worry was devastating my husband. However, when my son came out of this sleeping stage, he'd forgotten nearly everything. I'm not just taking about the time of his illness, I'm talking about sketchily knowing who we were - and that's about it. This illness had wiped all but the very strongest memories and the closest associations. All his training, his years of study in computing and IT - all gone, vanished, never to be recovered. He still doesn't remember a lot of his earlier life, even 10 years on. He sank into depression and, for 2 years, had serious brain fog that would make it difficult for him to understand what we were saying. He would forget what the subject of a sentence as he was saying it and had difficulty stringing a sentence together. He couldn't concentrate. He has anxiety problems to this day. He retrained eventually, but found learning more difficult second time around. His illness held him back a great deal and only now has he managed to get his first job at age 27. I thought my son just had an extraordinarily extreme case. However, it seems I was to be surprised to find that other people had suffered Mono badly as well. A close friend had it in her teens and suffered deep depression for 5 years, her daughter the same. A person my husband met and talked to on the bus had exactly the same thing happen to him as well. If there is any way that the medical profession can create a vaccine to stamp out this miserable disease - I'm all for it. I only wish my son had been able to have it before it changed his life.

I graduated high school in 1976, along with 87 other kids. When we turned 53, 4 of us (for sure, that we’re aware of) were diagnosed the same YEAR! Three of these kids live in Alberta, Canada. I moved to the southern USA, twenty years ago. Out of all of us: 1 has the primary/progressive kind,the other two, I’m not sure; but out of the 4 of us, I’m doing the best. I attribute this to being in the USA, the care I receive, my overall attitude in that “I have MS, MS doesn’t have me”, and the fact I just keep going. When they were in the diagnosing phase with me, they did every blood test known to man, and my Epstein Barr came back negative. I didn’t need a diagnosis, I knew it was MS, as the only place on this continent, with a higher incidence of it outside of Alberta, Canada, is Saskatchewan, Canada. My MS leaves me exhausted, I have loads of involvement with my vision in my R eye, but I can still see, and lead my life. I’m very faithful to my medication regimen, and in 12 years, I’ve never missed a dose. I have some tingling in my extremities, but I get on my treadmill everyday for 30 minutes. I don’t ever (nor have I) have a pity party, what would be the point, and allowing that kind of negativity to creep in, might bring a relapse to my door. I’ve survived the death of my husband, the vid TWICE, and am remarried to a wonderful man, who looks after me, although in truth I don’t need much looking after. I hope this trend continues, and I wish everyone who has it smooth sailing. There is no cancer or heart disease in my family; but there are autoimmunine disorders. Believe me, I’m lucky I have MS and not sclaraderma, or Parkinson’s. I never forget IT CAN ALWAYS BE WORSE.

I had a friend and co-worker who has MS. She has struggled with it for years, and at one point had believed that a strict dietary change would help and embarked on a special food regimen. The last time I talked with her there were some positive results in some of the symptoms. I will send this video to her and hope it helps in her attempt to deal with this disease. Thank you! 😂❤❤❤❤❤

My cousin had mono as a teenager. In her forties, she developed M.S. She fought it for 20+ years. It recently claimed her life. 😩 Thanks so much for the video!

My father had MS in his late 30’s early 40’s. He passed away over 40 yrs ago from a blood clot to the lung at 44 yrs old. My brother in law has MS. This is such good news that they may know how to treat it now. Thank you for doing this video 💗

Thanks for your presentations on medical issues. I love the comedy and the chemistry you share. I started watching about 2 months ago wanting to know about the mako Stryker for knee replacement. I was comforted and prepared for what was about to take place. I had a left knee replacement on January 11 2022. I fell it was how you described it. There was pain but not so bad. I also watched the spinal. I was worried about that but felt nothing. Just had my 2 week check up. Doctor said I was doing great. I told him I was excited about the right knee coming up on 22 February 2022. He said he hadn’t heard that before. About me, I’m a 66 year old male, 5’7”, 265 lbs. thanks for the medical info and keeping me smiling though these procedures.BTW my wife is an oncology nurse which was wonderful for the care I received at home.

I was diagnosed with MS a year ago, after having symptoms for over 10 yrs. I had a bad case of mono at age 17, and the ebv reactivated many times in the years since then. So this is really interesting!

My daughter fought MS for half her life and died at 34. I pray for a cure. 😢

This is so interesting regarding MS. I lost a cousin to complications from MS and have always wondered why she got it when no one else in our family ever had this. So amazing and thanks so much for sharing this discovery.

I thank both of you for taking the time out of y'alls busy day to do these videos. I tell every one I know , These two hands up in Canada got it going on !!! I watched every video y'all have put up since I've discovered your channel and watch the older ones as well. Cheers docs , wishing both of you and your families a blessed week !!!!!!!!!!! P.S. stay warm & safe

OMG. That makes sense. I was diagnosed with 'probable MS' back when I was 28, 1985. The probable was because, while I didn't have much in the way of lesions on my brain, there were all sorts of markers in my spinal fluid. I have the numbing, falling, eyes going out of focus, and the "zaps" (the random electrical shocks from nerves doing their own thing). We've had to resort to an electric wheelchair for anything longer than about 100 ft. About 10-15 years ago, our GP did some blood tests after we were discussing what was going on and he said that there was something "interesting" and that I had had Epstein-Barr virus, which was probably from an episode I remembered from high school when I was horribly tired and just feeling bad. Mono. So now this makes perfect sense and I'm going to talk to him again about what to do about it.

Thank you so much for telling us about this news! My sister in law and her dad have this disease, and I’m so glad that this means we may someday have a vaccine. I worked in a church in a small town in northern Maryland, and the town doctor had a much higher statistical incidence of MS in this small town, thought it might be related to a viral infection, and spent most of his career sending data to the federal government agency to help researchers. He was also involved in drug trials. Blessings on you in your work to help us and your patients.

WOW !!!! My sister battled with MS for 15 years. She passed away on March 1, 2021. She was misdiagnosed for 4 years so it progressed without treatment. I miss her so much. Thank you for sharing this information.

Very interesting. Thank you for informing us! A friend has it and he has significantly gone down hill the last year. Never was he informed it could be a virus. Keep up the great work of schooling us in a very positive and funny way!

My grandma died before I was born from a quickly progressing form of MS. I pray this will lead to a vaccination to prevent this disease in the future.

Yes, I just watched the video and wanted to read everyone's comments below. Yup, me too.. I was diagnosed in March of 2016. Worse, back in 1997- early 1999, I was the Branch Services Director for National MS here in Central California. ...Our members would call the office, I felt so bad for them. I would sit and man the 1-800 FIGHT MS number for our area and listen to some of the people who would call in and tell me about how they've been struggling with the symptoms and the effects. Our chapter office had an RN who had MS. We would sometimes stand outside, well...I would, he would sit in his chair, and we talked about it. That was awhile back. I never thought I would ever get MS until I ended up in the hospital and underwent two MRI's, a Spinal Tap, and after a week of testing, the MS Specialist in our region opined and gave the information to my treating physician. He came in and said: I'm sorry to tell you this, but you've been diagnosed and have MS.. ..."Oh... that's just great, I said..." How's that even possible. I'm the Branch Services person for the agency. I'm not the one who HAS MS.. So, I began to just live in denial. ..I've had all the symptoms.. sure.. But the difference is: I do research for a living. I write policies and procedures for large municipal organizations and have almost my law degree. And so, rather than accepting what they told me about my problem, I refused to accept the diagnosis and began looking for answers to the problem. Well, I did find a few that worked for me. After reading up on methods and treatments, I began to put two and two together. Everyone was talking about and creating information, videos, and reports about Lyme Disease and Spyrochetes. That told me something. Seemed these microscopic worms that invade the body are often responsible for neurological problems as a result of say tick bites, possibly human transmission, and the like. Either way, I thought and reasoned: Every Beginning Has an Ending, and Every Ending Had a Beginning.. So, I began retracing my steps. Everything seemed to be pointing at moments in time where that was some form of either insect or human contact, where I later began having signs and symptoms. That made me realize: "Something" obviously microscopic must have been transmitted or I came into contact with something. And so, I began to ask myself: When in the past did I come in contact with something microscopic, and what have they always given me to take to abate the problem. Answer: They always give me a substance that either produces a counter agent, or the product is a substance that is harmful to what is causing me illness. ...Well, as I recall, I did have a brief problem with pinworms back in 2011-2013. They caused problems with my breathing and I was having itchiness, etc. Well, seemed the problem became really bad one week. I told my friend, goto the store, I think I know what this problem must be.. Seems I must have maybe pinworms.. So, he went to the store, he came back. And viola! I took the Pin-X and within maybe 5-10 minutes flat, the difficulty breathing stopped as if by magic. I honestly felt like House, as I was able to diagnose the problem and cure myself. Later, after the MS diagnosis, I began asking myself: Ok, how in the hell did this MS thing begin..? Answer? I remember the same left leg was bitten by a tick I think the summer before. I kissed my new girlfriend and I ended up with herpes cold sores in my mouth for four weeks. Then, I ate a moldy orange and within say four weeks, it was clear the mold created a severe reaction. I self treated with natural medicines and although the acute food poisoning went away, I ended up demanding to goto the hospital.. Well, as it turned out, I was given a prednisone drip for a week, underwent all the MS tests, they were confirmed, I went home, and after say 4 months, I was able to taste food again, walk again, and I was able to return to my life, though the MS diagnosis seemed correct. I lost my endurance, I developed problems speaking, problems with my vision, and some other things. Well, to make a long story short, I realized something: spyrochetes. Microscopic worms... Question: When did I ever have worms? What did I do to get rid of the microscopic worms..? *Suddenly...it came to me... I remembered some authors on the Internet sayin Lyme Disease may be the cause for MS related problems. So: I concluded: If microscopic worms can cause neurological problems, if I can find a substance that these microscopic worms like to eat that are living in my spinal cord and brain, I just might be able to either keep them to a low roar, or kill them altogether..

I was DX'd with MS at age 49 and I am now 63. I have progressed and heavily limp and use a cane/walker. When I was DX'd I was educated on what MS was and how and why I had it. I learned then that MS was "likely" related to EBV. This study provides concrete evidence that EBV is a factor. I say factor in that it also appears, that MS occurs over time when several factors come into play. Now that EBV is clearly shown to be one of those factors, perhaps a "cure" can be developed from this angle to prevent MS from occuring in the first place.

I'm going to be looking forward to seeing this covered in the major media, thanks for letting us know!

One of my fathers sisters had MS and her daughter also developed it. The daughter of another of his older sisters also developed it. There is a lot of autoimmune disease in that family- diabetes,arthritis,fibromyalgia ( which I have) We come😮 from an area that has an unusually high number of people with MS, Colchester/ Cumberland Counties ,Nova Scotia ,Canada

I wish my specialists were this interested in medicine and listened to their patients. I get nothing but gaslighting from them. Took 8 years to get my scleroderma diagnosis due to a rheummy ignoring my symptoms and 4 cardios and 2 neuros to finally listen to me on my dysautonomia (long before covid).

This makes sense. I was diagnosed with MS 6 years ago but had symptoms for much, much longer. I had mono as a kid, got sent to a hemotologist/oncologist who after many tests settled on mono. Now at 48 I have a helluva time walking. I really fear for the future as I live alone. Day by day is all we can ever do.

Interesting. My sister in law was diagnosed with MS about a year ago. I know she would also find this interesting. Love your videos.

My mum was diagnosed with secondary progressive MS in her early 40’s. She’s had a very slow progression of the disease so that now at the age of 79 she still lives independently but has significant problems with movement down the right side of her body. Its also a disease of the northern hemisphere which I find very interesting! I was diagnosed in 2019 at the age of 47 with T1 diabetes (LADA) and I’m 99.9% positive my autoimmune gene(s) (I also have the gene for Coeliac disease) were inherited from her.

This is such a huge breakthrough because MS is so difficult to diagnose! Symptoms can be very vague and can be so different from person to person. My original Primary care diagnosed me. I had to find a new doctor due to insurance, who claimed he wasn’t convinced of the diagnosis because I was asymptomatic at the time. Today I’m in my 60s, my balance is bad, my eyesight is affected as well as a host of other symptoms. I pretty much gave up on the medical establishment. My fault, but I just can’t stand the thought of going through all those tests again.

I was diagnosed with MS 12 years ago. I’m 45 now Walking is very very difficult now. I was never officially diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus so I don’t know if I had it or not, but I remember in my late teens into my early 20s I would get fatigue so terribly that I could hardly function.

Guys - in listening to your MS video, it has raised a question in my mind. Could epilepsy be caused by a virus as well? Are we on the verge of discovering that most of our horrific, debilitating diseases are the result of a virus that found it’s way into our system? I have a 37 year old son who has grand mal seizures on a regular basis. Sometimes I feel his medicines are systemically destroying him. It would be wonderful to have a vaccine for thus someday. I just cannot find anyone who is doing any deep research on epilepsy…😢 Beverly Sanders Texas

Yes, I had EBV at 17. However, as a child, at 18 months-old, 5 years-old, and 22 years-old, I had verified chickenpox. I’m now 52, and was officially diagnosed in 2010, even though at 30, I was misdiagnosed with SLE. On Jan 29th, 2001, while getting out of bed, I developed sudden paralysis in my right foot with painful numbness and tingling. At the time, dx was dependent on positive spinal tap, or MRI. At this point, I’ve transitioned to secondary progressive. It’s such a blessing that neurologists decided to start patients on DMD's based on signs and symptoms, before positive MRI’s, as disability is slowed considerably. My daughter had a good friend in college dx with MS, and was immediately started on DMD’s. He’s thriving in his engineering career, thank goodness! With the hard work it takes to study engineering, the thought of him becoming disabled at a young age is heartbreaking. A vacine for EBV is exciting. DMD’s are risky, but necessary currently. Maybe it’s too late for those of us with MS, but how exciting to dream of eradicating this disease. Great video filled with hope!

I had a viral infection at 15. I had a high white count, high fever, was hospitalized, became delirious, and recovered after 4 days in the hospital. Within the month I developed mono. Fast forward to 25 and I developed pain, swelling and couldn’t walk on that foot. This progressed for years. One time my foot tripled in size. I cried in pain. Everything the Doctors tried to treat it never worked. MRI’s show nothing but I do have slight curve in my spine. I have nerve damage in my legs. Chronic migraines. I pushed myself until one day at work I lost the ability to comprehend what people were saying to me. My Neurologist pushed me to stop working. I have difficulty falling and staying asleep. My anxiety gets bad to the point I’ve been in the bathroom crying inconsolably. I’ve been diagnosed with fibromyalgia but the rest they try to treat with meds but there’s no definitive diagnosis.

Agree. Wish we were informed about medical updates as much as we’ve been hearing about the pandemic. Thank you very much for this information. Always appreciate your videos.

Thank you for this subject, my oldest step daughter was just diagnosed with MS and we were wondering how she got it because no one else in the family has it.

As someone with MS, I found the most interesting part of the study to be in the SIMILARITY between the protein in the EBV and the protein in Myelin. Thoughts?

And to eliminate EBV - colloidal silver !

Thank you for this video! I was dx with Multiple Sclerosis in March of 2021, my whole world came to hault. Randomly falling at the nurses station, paralysis from T4 bilateral lower extremities and I recall when I made it to the Universitys, Multiple Sclerosis clinic hearing about Epstein Barr link to Multiple Sclerosis. I showed signs of MS after my second jab for COVID on January 14th, 2021 was the second jab. February 3rd 2021 was in my doctors office with muscle spasticity and was told from being a Nurse you just hurt your back. Fast forward to March full on Multiple Sclerosis signs presented.

Yes I'd read about that.... I know 2 persons who have it and aren't they also retired nurses, both in pretty bad shape too! One had told me she could not figure out why she was so tired all the time, seems to be an unlucky disease to catch/have! Nice medicine is growing and learning by leaps and bounds.

My Mother died from MS in 1982 she was diagnosed with it in January of 1979, I CANNOT believe after 44 years the scientists and doctors cannot find a cure for this disease. They haven’t even made any major strides for curing this horrible disease. Disgraceful and very disappointed in our medical field worldwide!

I got diagnosed with MS when I was 24 while serving in the Marine Corps.

Would love to see a talk on asthma living with it treating it

I was diagnosed with MS in 2010 but my first symptom was 1991 after a hepatitis B vaccine. I never had EBV or Mono. I only take LDN and try to eat healthy. So far so good.

My sister has MS since 1982 this is incredible news thank you

Diagnosed about a year ago now after severe optic neuritis. This was 2 weeks after a COVID infection. I suspect C19 also led to an EBV re-infection simultaneously. I wonder if C19 weakened by immune system to the point EBV could do damage / cause MS. Prior to this event I have never experienced any MS symptoms whatsoever, I am in my late 20s and male. Really hope they can design a cure for this horrific disease. Currently permanently blind in one eye from my first relapse.. Would love more coverage on MS!

I'm very interested in this. My sister had mononucleosis as a teenage and was diagnosed with Progressive M.S. at age 60. It was difficult to diagnose because she was not in the age category that usually presents with M.S. Is there any follow up for treatment that is currently being used to treat the disease and not just the symptoms?

I had Glandular fever when I was 22. I was diagnosed with 2 benign bone tumours in 2006/7. I had a urine infection in 2009 and then developed ms. I don’t think it’s widely known but benign bone tumours hemangioma causes a massive immune response. So I think cancer has a hand in it also. I read a story once where a person had ms and cavernous hemangiona. They need to be surgically removed as they have a tendency be bleed. When the tumour was removed their ms symptoms lessened.

I still haven't heard about this in the news! what gives?! i know several people living with MS, one that recently passed away from it. I hope this gets more traction and we see a preventative vaccine some day! and better treatment options!

I had EBV at age 13 so severe I missed 3 months of high school, all i did was sleep. I am trying to get to the bottom of my health problems at age 42 and then this video pops up ...

I am an identical twin. I have MS and my brother does not. I served in the military and my brother did not. We were both exposed to EBV around the same time. He was exposed in college while living in the dormitory. I had several friends get MONO in the military dormitory I lived in but I never caught it. Interesting none the less.

Finally an answer to the million dollar question!! I'll have to tell all my fellow Ms'rs the news. Funny thing though, I never knew I had mono... Thanks guys, you got me thinking.🙉

So if you have MS, how do you recommend approaching the subject of receiving EBV treatment course with your doctor?

For my job, I interview doctors and patients. Years ago, I interviewed a lot of MS patients, and was surprised at how many were health care workers. One of our clients said she had noticed the same thing. So a viral contribution makes sense - who is exposed to more types of viruses more often than health care workers? I was also told that people who grew up in the northern tier of the US are statistically significantly more likely to get MS - maybe they're indoors more, more likely to pick up a virus?

👏🏻Exciting news. Hopefully, they will come up with a vaccine such a terrible disease to suffer with. Now, if they could find the cause and cure for Fibromyalgia I'd be a happy camper. Appreciate the medical updates - keep em coming!

It's interesting but some cofactors might be missing. For instance, there are multiple studies that implicate the latitude that a person lives at to the probability of getting MS, where the rate of MS in the population increases the further north of south of the equator. That might sound hokey but other studies have found poor vitamin D retention in the relatives of MS patients. Vitamin D is involved in immune response and the next question is "how does that come into play with MS?" This virus is one additional piece of the puzzle and it's a positive development. Hopefully, more will be come soon. Years ago there was a belief that the measles virus was involved in MS. Do you know if that belief is still considered to be valid?

Thanks for the link. I did read the study.

Hers a fun little case study- in the mid-50's the Floyd River in western Iowa flooded shortly after a typhoid outbreak. Within months, Iowa State University and the US Department of Agriculture (why this agency?) start going door to door interviewing communities in Plymouth and Woodbury county, the two counties that have the highest population that have well and city water dependent on the Floyd River. Turns out after the typhoid outbreak and the flooding of this river, Woodbury County had the highest per capita diagnosis of MS in the world. Within a few years my mother was diagnosed, and her brother were diagnosed with type I diabetes....with no family history of either. A few years ago another family member was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, again no known family history.

Crazy odds considering my mom has it, my oldest sister has it, and I was just diagnosed with it 😳 bc of this I thought it was much more common AND possibly genetic.😳😳 ( also fun fact, they said “the amount of lesions you have is unusual and concerning for someone your age” which is fun. But now that I’m thanking about it, I got mono a couple years ago so maybe connected 🤷🏻‍♀️…)

Great info. Like you said a lot of the population of people have had EBV at one point in their lives. So is this really a correlation?

I was diagnosed with MS 40 years ago, it went into remission and aside from the odd bad day here and there, I was doing well, until I got a UTI 9 years ago and the MS came back. I was looking into MS symptoms etc and read something that said something about being caused by ingestion of toxins...unfortunately I couldn't find anything more about what sort of toxins

Do we have any medication

So excited about this video!! I was diagnosed in 2000 (had it probably longer than the confirmed dx.) and YES, I had Mono. I test positive for EBV routinely. They also have done studies that post-mortem brains of MS patients had Lyme disease. I have know about the EBV possibly causing MS. This article confirms it and hopefully further treatments will take that into account. Perhaps MS patients should also be seeing an ID doc prior to a confirmed dx. Just a thought. 🤷‍♀️ now onto further treatments for EBV and possibly less Ms patients. Wouldn’t that be wonderful!! Every hour someone is dx. with MS. It is the leading cause of disability for 20-40 year old women.

I've been wondering for years why so much research effort goes into weird and unlikely causes before every virus and micro bacterium have been ruled out. Not only for MS, but also for Parknson's and various dementias, CAD, arthritis, gastroparesis, arrhythmias, and other mysterious diseases. There are several notorious viruses that live on nerve tissue in such small numbers they are hard to detect by medical tests and even by the immune system.

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I KNEW IT!! I I had mono when I was 16 and was diagnosed with MS at 41 but the symptoms started 10 years prior, but bc my first lumbar came back negative I wasn’t diagnosed right away.

My husband has had MS since he was 26. He is now 68. He had mono but his identical twin did not get mono. His twin does not have MS. My husband was told 25 years ago that it was caused by a virus, probably mono. But a vaccine is such good news!

Interesting. Thanks for educating us. A future vaccine for EBV would be fantastic!

I had an uncle with Advanced Multiple Sclerosis who died in 1973 at the age of 43. It was tragic.

I'm pretty sure MS is an autoimmune disease that can be triggered by some viral protein that looks like myelin. Since you have a lot of myelin in your body, it keeps on retriggering your immune system long after the EBV is gone or dormant. Vitamin D plays important roles in the immune system, including operation of the anti-inflammatory interleukins. Both MS prevalence and Vitamin D deficiency are associated with living in Northern latitudes, where exposure to UV-B is low. Some studies have shown that mega-doses of Vitamin D have completely relieved MS symptoms, though recovery from actual nerve damage does not happen quickly or even at all. If this is true, then a vaccine could actually cause MORE cases of MS, because the immune system would start making those anti-myelin antibodies. I think the vaccine makers would have to be very careful not to include that antigen in the vaccine. It would be much easier to do that with an mRNA vaccine, since the protein it would specify would be known. I was diagnosed with MS about 5 years ago. Since around that time, I have kept my Vitamin D blood level around 100 ng/ml and my MS has not progressed at all. It takes about 8000 iu per day to keep it that high. Anecdotes are not scientific data, but I'm just describing what I believe has helped me.

Question: My daughter has Epstein-Barr. At a younger age, when she got sick, she slept for hours, even had mono. Is there anything she can do (food, exercise, vitamins or medication) to prevent an MS onset? Thanks for a very informative video.

Nice information to know, I have MS I was diagnosed in 2018, I’m now 55 and I wonder if this new discovery has opened the door to new medicines that will finally cure MS, or at least lead to a new medicine better than all existing ones. Could you imagine if someone discover the cure they could become billionaire. Here in Puerto Rico many are being diagnosed with MS, so it’s not the cold, probably some 🧬

Thank you both very much Drs , I appreciate all your great informative videos ....

So excited to learn about this, but Pam Bertha (@ Living Disease Free) made a video debunking the EBV study. Not sure what to believe as Ive been diagnosed and have had frightening experience with the illness, but even scarier experiences on the phone with MS drug companies and online testimonials of drug side effects.

Very interesting men of many topics. Now this article needs to be available for people to read. Those with MS will be excited about the study. And anyone who believes a vaccine to prevent MS would be amazing. Science rocks, even if I did have my hair on fire by an explosion in class. Not a big one but enough to scar the top of my head. And burn my jeans. Guess what the school did ? They bought me a new pair of jeans. Thanks for the new topic. As always, of interest and entertaining to watch.

A healthy functioning immune system is the key to not getting most diseases, including MS and cancers. That topic is rarely addressed. Please do videos about optimizing your immune health!

During my sophomore year of high school, I was home schooled for nearly two months … because I had a severe case of Mononucleosis. I was told to stay in bed as much as possible, because my spleen had severely swollen and a bump in that area could’ve caused my spleen to rupture (which also could’ve caused internal bleeding). I was just diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis yesterday (December 4, 2023). Based on the information from this video … I’m assuming my case of Mononucleosis in high school … eventually lead to my Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis now.

EBV is also thought to cause many other complications such as certain cancers / other autoimmune diseases.

I have MS. I don’t get it. How does this help the people that have MS. Thxs Docs. ❤️🤗🇨🇦

I was Dx with MS IN 2010. I too have been my own advocate, retired nurse

Epstien Barre? I've had the former and have Lyme disease. One of the things I was diagnosed with was...drumroll...MS. Please, don't forget to check for a Lyme factor! PLEASE! I've struggled my entire life with these infections!

Hi Dr Weening and Dr Zal Zal You are the best! Keep up the great work!😊

I have suspected this for like 10 years now.

It's some kind of preset, people are preconditioned to MS? Great vid 😊

My holistic doctor had me keep EBV suppressed by denying it much arginine and getting more lysine. EBV loves arginine and arginine and lysine compete for the same sites, so this helps starve it out. Then there are antivirals…

I had mono in 1971 in college. I was diagnosed with primary progressive MS in 2008.

Each time are more and more people with MS being diagnosed. I hope a cure can be found soon. Or better medicines. Autoimmune illnesses are still so poorly understood and misdiagnosed or dismissed.

I 'WAS' the O.T. for a dedicated M.S. Rehab Clinic, the 2nd only in the U.S.. I was diagnosed 2x with 'mono', 1st at 8 yrs then ~ 17yrs old. As an O.T. when working with the M.S. population I experienced profound fatigue; too weak/exhausted to drive a car. I thought I could really empathize with my patients.. Eventually, those symptoms subsided. A few yrs later I rec'd an employer mandated flu shot-my first ever. I became progressively paralyzed then an entire cluster of 'unexplained' symptoms followed. M.G. was ruled out. However these symptoms did not subside. I became permanently disabled. It ruined my life as I knew it. So it would seem as if you are advocating 'a vaccine' for M.S., the causal agent of 'my' disability--for people who already have compromised immune systems, possibly with underlying subclinical autoimmune disease... I was directed by all my physicians to NEVER get any vaccine. They said it could be fatal. M.S. should be understood by now--much money has been poured into research. So what's the delay!? Until M.S. is completely 'understood', a 'preventative' should be on hold. It might be the catalyst causing the very condition you hoped it would prevent. ADDM: Will M.S. never be figured out unless it can become a money-maker??

Very informative! My daughter has Friedrich’s Ataxia. Any news that helps people get closer to being free of these neurological diseases is good news! Thank you.

Are there any antivirals that can help those of us with MS? I was introduced back in 1998 to a group who thought that by taking Acyclovir they could reduce the number and severity of exacerbations.

I’ve often argued this with past neurologists. Though they wouldn’t agree to linking EBV, they never refuted it. Looking back from dx in 2011 being told it was 4yr long standing. I thought back through my memories, never got formally diagnosed at the time but in early 2008, was sick for a month with symptoms of mono. Never went to the dr at that time as I was 18 and wasn’t going to miss out on work. Still think back hard wondering if idve just gone to the doctor then, maybe I could have been ahead of the MS curveball.

In a very small rural community, at a cross roads , near Kitchener ON , there were three life long residence woman of the same age who developed MS. It has been my theory that this dramatically points to either an environmental or infectious agent component. What are the chances of this dramatic coincidence?

You need to read the Medical Medium

Shouldn't this be a major breakthrough for those with MS? And would there be a different way to treat mono when a patient has it to prevent MS later in life?

I hope someday there will be definitive news regarding Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE.)

How to test Polio virus that you mentioned at the end? Ebv is tested through blood?

I had mono the year before I was diagnosed (Aug '22).

I was just diagnosed with RR MS. I’ve never had Mono…

I had Mono when I was 18, my tonsils were so inflammed my throat was almost completely closed. I had my tonsils removed and was treted for the Mono. At 47 I was diagnosed with MS. I did my own research, and discovered what these doctors are discussing. A doctor in england cured hi wife's MS with high doses of anti virals for year. Yhy aren'tNeuros trating people this way? Because big pharma is charging $80k+ for some MS treatment, that's way.

Any correlation to MTHFR issues and the findings? Im wondering if that figures into the equation.

My uncle, my sister and my brother all had MS. It wasn’t the exact cause they died but it was a major contributor. Each of their lives were so diminished by MS. I pray the vaccine is developed soon so no one else has to live with it.

I still question there are so many of us vets with me and the heavy study of it in the VA.