This might be a really dumb question....but can the sheath heal?
Yes, your body naturally regenerates myelin, the cells that do this are called oligodendrocytes. The problem is myelin regeneration is very slow and if it cannot keep up with disease activity the axons in nerves can be permanently damaged.
"After myelin damage, stem cells called OPCs can create specialised brain cells called oligodendrocytes, which send octopus-like arms to wrap new myelin around damaged axons. ... For example, immune cells called microglia can gobble up the debris of the old myelin sheaths, clearing the way for new myelin to regenerate."
https://theconversation.com/the-key-to-treating...
I have heard that it can and sometimes does regenerate or repair itself. I have heard that omega 3s are a key part of that. You can look it up and I often refer to Terri Wahls' book "Minding My Mitochondria" which explains this very well. Nutrition, certain foods and vitamins can help with this. How to know when and if it happens is probably difficult other than obvious healing.
I think it would be worth doing a little bit of research on this, as Terri Wahls did.
Wow, thanks guys n dolls! U rock! I had a rough day yesterday. My whole body felt like a toothache. I would be game for clinical trials. Nm isnt the center of medical stuff. Nit since lovelace and the space program...jk...I think I heard unm us doing some things as and theresmb s YouTube video of a conference on ms.
Short answer....yes with a little medical help but try to think outside the box. OK, we are thought to only use 10% of our brains so it stands to reason that we have capabilities we never have used to perform the same tasks we are used to (think of the number of ways you could copy a cell in Excel knowing you have a favorite but could do it multiple ways) I found themsgym.com and the trainer tries to make us use muscles we may have forgotten about and teaches stuff to get the most out of our bodies no matter how damaged we think they are. So ,as I have come to think of it, yes our myelin sheath is damaged in some areas but there is so much that is unused
We have this hope.
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