Can someone tell me what effect multiple
sclerosis has on a 45 year old man's
sexual feelings and his ability to perform
the sexual act?
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AndrewGloriousHealth
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Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 28 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-21-04 05:05am
This varies a lot from person to person
but it is quite common for ms sufferers to
have poor blood circulation to the
gentials.
Nerve sensation can also be dulled.
This could often result in reduced sexual
desire and performance.
I hope this helps to answer your
question.
Below are my notes on ms.
Kindest regards,
andrew cavanagh
multiple sclerosis
multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune
disease.
Basically your body's immume system begins
attacking the myelin sheath of your nerve
endings particulary in your brain.
The origninal cause of this confusion of
the immune system is most likely a herpes
virus (hhv6). It is possible other
viruses could be similarly responsible
(possibly chickenpox and measles).
The herpes virus resides in the nerve base
and moves to the nerve endings initiating
a herpes episode (blisters etc). Ms
episodes are usually preceded by some form
of viral attack and especially a herpes
episode.
Herpes is spread by contact with blisters
containing the active herpes virus.
The most likely method that herpes reaches
your brain is through
1. Contact with the active herpes virus
(blisters) through your fingers
2. Subsequent contact with the mouth.
Nail biting is especially implicated in ms
(which could explain the higher incidence
in women. More women bite their nails
than men).
Leading expert on advanced hygiene dr
kenneth seaton suggests that the confusion
of your immune system could be caused when
protein in the fingernails, mucus, dead
skin and other proteins similar in
constitution to the myelin sheath in your
nerves are ingested with the active herpes
virus.
If the virus takes up residence in the
nerve endings of your brain then this
could lead to your immune system
confusing the myelin sheath of the nerve
endings in your brain with the virus which
has been ingested with these proteins
similar in constitution to the myelin
sheath.
The overactive immune response in
autoimmune diseases like ms is usually
related to bad eicosanoids called
cytokines which regulate immune
response.
Continuing inflammation, which can result
in further and continued damage is related
to the bad eicosanoid pge2 which has been
found in elevated levels in patients with
ms and depression. (the two diseases are
linked. Depression is very common in ms
patients).
Treatment.
Fish oil
large dosage of pharmaceutical grade fish
oil is usually an effective treatment for
ms.
Recommeded dosage is around 2-4 teaspoons
or 8-16 capsules of pharmaceutical grade
fish oil (5-10 grams of omega 3 fatty
acids).
Doses are usually more effective if
increased sympotmatically (if your
symptoms don't disappear increase the
dose) and in severe cases a dosage as high
as 20grams of omega 3 fatty acids a day
may be appropriate - twice the maximum
dose listed above.
Dosage should be maintained indefinitely
to ensure symptoms do not reappear.
Basically you take the minimum dose of
fish oil required to be free of the
symptoms of ms and depression.
It is important to note that ceasing
intake of fish oil is likely to result in
the return of ms symptoms.
In the absence of an aa/epa test (which is
recommended) you can get a guidline on
your dosage for pharmaceutical grade fish
oil with a simple cholesterol test you can
have at your local doctor's.
Divide your triglycerides(tg) by hdl.
You should aim for a tg/hdl ratio of
around 1. If it is more than 1.5 you
probably need to take a higher dose of
fish oil. Higher than 2 and you
definitely need more fish oil (also look
at diet, exercise etc.)
how fish oil works
the fish oil can work in two basic ways.
The epa in fish oil is the major building
block of good eicosanoids and can slow
down your body's production of the bad
eicosanoids like the cytokines and pge2.
Epa can reduce levels of bad eicosanoids
by inhibiting an enzyme called delta 5
desaturase which is required for their
production.
The dha in fish oil helps repair nerve
endings, and lay down new brain tissue.
Remember it is damage to the myelin sheath
in the nerve endings that is the primary
cause of ms symptoms.
Diet
the original and very effective swank diet
for ms was based on fish and eggs as
protein sources. No milk or dairy. No
red meat. No wheat products or sugar.
Very similar to a zone diet.
Over a 35 year period (an impressive
length of time for any study) 95% of
patients on the swank diet never
progressed to any form of disability.
I believe a zone diet which incorporates
the elimination of dairy, wheat, sugar and
most red meat not only coincides with a
swank diet but should be more effective by
reducing levels of the bad eicosanoids
implicated in ms (the cytokines and pge2
in particular).
In my book from depression to glorious
health which you can dowload free at www.Geocities.Com/glorious
health I describe a zone type diet
designed for ms and depression patients.
But any zone diet should be effective if
it eliminates:
dairy - the peptides in milk have been
found to be molecular mimics of self
antigens in myelin
wheat products and sugar linked to cadidas
(see below)
limits red meat and egg yolks (egg yolks,
red meat and especially the fat in red
meat are high in arachadonic acid the
building block of bad eicosanoids)
candidas
candidas is common in ms patients (often
due to courses of antibiotics taken for
viruses like herpes) so the elimination of
sugar and wheat which tend to feed this
bacteria and taking a daily dose of an
acidophilus/bifidus capsule between meals
should help restore intestinal flora.
Vitamin c
the herpes virus (and many other viruses)
can respond to large, frequent doses of
vitamin c especially if the does are
titrated to bowel tolerance at the onset
of early symptoms. Suggested dosage is
4-30 daily doses of 250mg-1500mg of
vitamin c with bioflavinoids (powder in
water).
Cold sores are often eliminated with large
doses of vitamin c.
Hygeine
stop biting your nails.
Any reinnoculation of the virus could
potentially worsen the ms condition.
Avoid contact between your fingers and
your mouth.
Use kitchen utensils to eat.
Clean your fingernails with clean zone
soap from www.Advancedhygieneproduct
s.Com to reduce any chance of
reinnoculation and to reduce the chance of
picking up other viruses which can lead to
an ms episode.
Avoid contact between your fingers and
your eyes and nose for the same reason.
Perform facial dips once or twice daily to
prevent the development of respiratory
viruses.
Emotional health
excess stress can lead to the excess
release of the stress hormone cortisol.
Too much cortisol leads to an
overproduction of bad eicosanoids like
pge2 and cytokines.
So learning basic relaxation methods and
dealing with emotional distress
effectively is essential for the ms
patient.
The negative thinking spiral is common to
ms and depression. Sharing problems and
feelings with someone objective and
various forms of therapy (cognitive
therapy etc) are recommended.
Eft (emotional freedom technique - a
method for relieving negative emotions is
highly recommended.
These are covered in more detail in from
depression to glorious health (free
download www.Geocities.Com/glorious
health ).
Sleep
sleep onset and quality can be poor in
patients with ms and depression.
This is related to low levels of
serotonin, the "feel good" hormone, which
is converted to melatonin the "sleep"
hormone.
The good eicosanoid pge1 is responsible
for the release and uptake of serotonin so
increasing levels of good eicosanoids with
diet and lifestyle should help improve
sleep.
Getting 15-30 minutes of bright sunshine
in the morning and limiting exposure to
bright lights at night (red light is
allright) can help improve sleep patterns
and quality of sleep.
Also consider supplementing with 3-6mg of
melatonin a half hour to an hour before
bedtime to help with sleep onset and
quality.
Exercise
exercise can help reduce levels of the
stress hormone cortisol and help increase
insulin sensitivity both of which can help
increase the production of good
eicosanoids.
Repetitive exercise like walking or
jogging also helps release the feel good
hormone serotonin.
Exercise and stretching in the morning can
help improve sleep quality at night.
Some strength building exercises (push
ups, abdominal crunches and squats) are
recommended along with some aerobic
exercise (walking, jogging, dancing).
A total daily exercise time of 25-45
minutes is probably a healthy goal you can
work up to gradually.
Performing eft (the method for relieving
emotional distress) while exercising is
highly recommended.
Conclusion
of all these therapies diet is probably
the most effective at halting the
progression of ms and pharmaceutical grade
fish oil is probably the most effective at
reversing the physical symptoms of the
disease. Larger doses of fish oil will
probably be necessary if the other
guidelines are not being met.
Hygiene, emotional health, sleep and
exercise should all be undetaken seriously
to achieve excellent long term health.
It should be noted that depression can be
considered an early symptom of the more
serious symptoms of ms in the ms patient
since both diseases are linked to the bad
eicosanoid pge2.
So to be symptom free from ms you also
need to eliminate any symptoms of
depression.
