They find nexus between Chickenpox Virus and Multiple Sclerosis

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Two Mexican scientists found a possible relation between the virus

that causes chickenpox, chickenpox-zó ster, and cases of multiple

sclerosis in active stage.

The investigation was developed by Adolfo ez and Julio Sotelo,

who identified the presence of the virus just chickenpox-zó ster in a

group of 62 patients with multiple sclerosis when it was in active stage.

The virus of chickenpox would cause in the brain a scar that would

prevent the myelin production, a protein that surrounds nervous fibers

and facilitates the transmission of the nervous impulses.

The investigation was published in the ls magazine of Neurology.

" In resistance, were not viral particles in samples of patients with

multiple sclerosis in phase of remission or subjects to neurological

control " , indicate the conclusions of the scientists.. .

" We considered that this is the cause. Or he will see himself if it is

cause or one of the causes " , indicated Julio Sotelo. " In these initial

findings he can be one neither forceful nor dogmatic one " , said the

scientist.

The multiple sclerosis affects the spinal marrow and the brain,

causing damages in the coordination, the balance and the memory; in

addition, it hits the muscular development and the visual capacity.