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Graeme Kidd's avatar

+1 here. IM aged 19 and PPMS from around 50 (retrospective estimate).

As you say, there's a big gap in the research between IM, MS and Infectious Diseases. Trouble is that IM and ID are of the episodic mindset, whereas the MS community are looking at a lifetime condition and still seeking the metaphorical source of the Nile.

MS needs its own Bill Gates. An evangelist with bottomless pockets determined to eradicate a particular disease.

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Sarah's avatar

I grew up in NZ where I was kept out of the sun after my godmother died from melanoma. I had glandular fever just before I turned 20 and I don't feel like I ever fully recovered. Life got harder from that point on. There were no more all nighters, that's for sure!

Now I live in the UK it's actually easier to get some sun. I don't have to spend ten minutes putting sunscreen on before going outside. I lead a very active life a lot of which involves being outside. I run, I cycle, I go camping, I walk everywhere as I don't have a car here (a necessity in NZ but not in London!). Last year I bought a ground floor flat with a garden and I feel so good when I've been working out there.

In terms of reducing MS risk there is some good advice in the book Overcoming MS - much of it the same as Prof G's. The book adds following the Overcoming MS diet. That works for me but from the evidence available it seems any of the MS diets will do. What they all have in common is a focus on whole foods and reduction or elimination of highly processed foods.

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