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Can People Reduce Multiple Sclerosis With Sunlight
Author : Sarah Starrett
Submitted : 2011-11-20 12:54:52 Word Count : 870 Popularity: 0
Tags: multiple sclerosis, ms
Over the last few decades we have all been bombarded with messages about how essential it is to keep out of the sun. We've realized just how real a risk skin cancer can be and are doing everything we can think of to prevent it from happening. We slather on layers and layers of the largest SPF sunscreens that we can find. We put big old floppy hats on our heads. We put on long pants and also sleeves even during the hottest months of the year. We do our best to keep only in the shady areas--some have even started holding parasols and umbrellas around so that their skin never comes into contact with direct sunlight. Now we are starting to realize that sunlight can really help us. Can direct sunlight truly help you?
A new study has demonstrated that folks who allow themselves some sun exposure are less likely to develop MS than those who try to minimize their sun exposure. The study was originally performed to discover how Vitamin D affects the progression of Multiple Sclerosis. It didn't take long for them to realize that it is the Vitamin D our bodies produce after exposure to sunlight that is at the center of the issue.
It's been acknowledged for a very long time that Vitamin D and sunlight can effect the way the immune system works and how it can contribute to Multiple Sclerosis. This study, however, focuses on the affects of sunlight on those who are experiencing the very earliest symptoms of the disease. This study is trying to figure out the consequences of Vitamin D and the sun's rays on the precursory symptoms of the disease.
Sadly, at this time there aren't actually very many ways that really prove whether or not the hypothesis of this study are true. The purpose of the study is to determine whether sunlight can actually prevent the disease. Unfortunately, the investigators found out, the only way to that is to observe people over the course of their lives. This is the only way to properly evaluate the already existent levels of Vitamin D in a person's blood before the symptoms of MS start to show themselves. As it stands right now, people with typical sun exposure seem to have fewer MS symptoms, particularly in the beginning, than those who live in darker and colder climates-but this was already widely known.
There is also the very critical problem that spending a lot of time in the sunlight greatly increases a person's chances of developing skin cancer. So, if you try to avoid one disease, there's a chance you're helping to induce the other one. Of course, whenever it gets caught early on, skin cancer is very treatable and can even be cured. This is not true for MS.
So should you improve your exposure to the sunshine so that you don't get MS? Talk to the physician to figure out if this is an excellent plan. Your physician can evaluate your current health status, your health background and even your genetics to determine if you are even at risk for the disease in the first place. This helps your physician determine what the best thing for you to do is.
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