Can A person Prevent Multiple Sclerosis with Sunlight

Jun 6, 2012 by SteinhardtKurz

We’ve invested the last few decades preaching about how important it is to stay out of the sun. We thoroughly understand the hazards regarding it and do every little thing we can think of to keep it away from us. We buy the highest SPF sunscreens we can locate and then slather on layers and layers of it. We fit large old floppy hats on our heads. We put on long pants along with sleeves even throughout the hottest months of the year. We do our best to remain only in the shady areas–some have even started carrying parasols and umbrellas all around so that their skin never comes into contact with direct sunlight. Now we are beginning to realize that sunlight can really help us. Can sunshine truly help you?

A new study has been completed and it demonstrates that people who allow some time in direct sunlight aren’t as likely to get MS as the people who do everything they can to keep out of the sun. The study was initially done to find out 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 make after exposure to sunshine that is at the center of the issue.

We’ve known for a very long time that sunshine and Vitamin D can hinder the way the immune system contributes to MS. This study, however, deals primarily with the effects of the sun’s rays on the people who are just starting to experience the very earliest symptoms of the disease. The true goal is to observe how sunlight and Vitamin D may affect the symptoms that are now known as “precursors” to the actual disease symptoms.

Unfortunately, there are not all that many ways to really quantify the study’s hypothesis. The goal of the study is to find out whether sunlight can actually prevent the disease. Sadly, the only real way to quantify whether or not this is correct is to monitor a person over his or her entire life. This is the only way to effectively assess the currently existent levels of Vitamin D in a person’s blood before the symptoms of MS start to show themselves. As it appears now, people with regular 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 incredibly critical dilemma of the fact that increased amounts of exposure to the sun increase your risk of getting skin cancer. So, in an attempt to keep a single disease from setting in, you’ll probably be inadvertently causing another. Of course, if you get skin cancer early on enough you are much more likely to cure it. MS continue to has no cure.

So what should you do: chance skin cancer or risk MS? Ask a family doctor whether or not this is an excellent idea. Your health care provider will determine if you are in danger for the disease (and how much) by checking out your genetics, medical history and current health. This will help your doctor determine what the best thing for you to do is.

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