Guest guest Posted March 28, 1999 Report Share Posted March 28, 1999 All the thoughts that have lately appeared about inherited RLS, trauma induced RLS, trauma stopping RLS etc has set me to thinking (and that can be a dangerous though sometimes hysterical experience). For instance I, like millions of other children, suffered through the chicken pox when I was about 6 years old. Later, when I was about 11 I came down with a bad case of shingles (MAN, was that ever painful). I know that the virus that causes chicken pox also causes shingles since the virus never leaves the body but remains dormant (they think it is probably in the roots of nerves near the spinal cord). Get that, near the spinal cord??? Now I wonder if that same blasted virus, lurking in the roots of the nerves could have anything to do with our suffering with RLS........................ After all, just about everyone has had chicken pox so has that virus in their bodies. Can it be that most people have systems that suppress the virus enough so that it can't cause anymore trouble? Not everyone gets shingles and not everyone gets RLS. Maybe I'm just " blowing in the wind " . Cheers!! Jeanne and Mr. Biggles in Poultney VT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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