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Environmental factors in MS - Infection We know that there is an environmental component to multiple sclerosis.  We know that there is an immune component to multiple sclerosis.  One common way of linking...

By Brett Drummond It is generally accepted that multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, that is, a disease that arises from the body’s own immune system attacking and destroying the myelin sheath that...

By Brett Drummond Recently, a follower on Twitter asked if having ‘mono’ causes multiple sclerosis (MS).  Here is what is currently known about the link between the two. Mono, known as infectious...