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Multiple Sclerosis
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There is no specific test for multiple sclerosis. Its early symptoms - fatigue, loss of sensation, weakness and visual changes - are frequently misdiagnosed as psychoneurosis or an even more severe psychiatric disorder, such as hysteria, particularly in women.
When doctors could find no organic cause for [Jacqueline Du Pré's] complaints, they prescribed a year's rest, and referred her to a psychiatrist... When she consulted a doctor in Australia about her tenacious fatigue and occasional doubl
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― Jacqueline du Pré: A Life
― Jacqueline du Pré: A Life
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The association between the post-encephalitic syndrome and demyelination or incomplete myelination of the brain seems quite secure. And the fact that encephalitis -including that caused by vaccination- can cause demyelination has been known since the 1920's!
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― Vaccination, Social Violence, and Criminality: The Medical Assault on the American Brain
― Vaccination, Social Violence, and Criminality: The Medical Assault on the American Brain
Multiple sclerosis can, for many, mean having to adjust to living in a world that is steadily sh…more
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