Study: How immune system, inflammation may play role in Lou Gehrig's disease / UCLA Newsroom
In an early study, UCLA researchers found that the immune cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, may play a role in damaging the neurons in the spinal cord. ALS is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.
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No surprises there then- inflammation seems to play a part in so many chronic illnesses the question is what is driving that inflammation.
I had the privilege to meet Dr Martz and hear him present at London ILADS conference 2010. Dr Martz was diagnosed with ALS or as we know it in UK Motor Neurons disease in 2003 and given only 18 months - in fact he found that it was actually neurological Lyme Disease or neuroborreliosis. With long term antibiotic treatment he recovered his health and returned to work. He was an Oncologist and Haematologist but opened a clinic treating patients with ALS/MN, Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis and Lyme Disease. He presented his findings at conference quite ground breaking research which he is hoping to publish soon. His presentations are available through UK charity Lyme Disease Action or www.ILADS.org
Dr Martz received an award last year http://lookingatlyme.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/recovery-from-als-motor-neurone-lou.html
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