What if the answer to MS has been hiding in plain sight since 1880? Every day, people with multiple sclerosis are told there’s no known cause for their disease. They’re told their immune system is attacking their nerves for unknown reasons, and the best that standard of care can offer is immune-suppressing drugs that do
In this video, Pam Bartha discusses how chronic malarial infections are diagnosed and treated. There are at least five types of plasmodium single celled parasites that can cause malaria in humans. They infect red blood cells (RBCs) and cause a highly inflammatory disease in the body. Some types cause life-threatening illness while others cause less
This post discusses compelling research and case studies that reveal how malaria drugs significantly help MS patients. Last week’s post reviewed evidence about the many similarities between MS and malaria. In 1917, Castellani wrote that he observed four cases of malaria that closely resembled disseminated sclerosis which is the same type of condition as
This post discusses how MS has been linked to malaria for over 100 years and why malaria may be one of the main infections that causes multiple sclerosis. This is part 4 of our MS and malaria series. A large and ever-growing body of research confirms that MS is an infectious disease caused by
There are insightful connections between the distribution of MS and malaria in many countries. It is also fascinating how MS patients have experienced symptom improvements when prescribed malaria drugs. This post discusses this forgotten research and how it may help in the treatment of MS. In Part 1 of this series, I reviewed a 2021
Most of us diagnosed with MS wouldn’t consider that we could have a chronic silent malarial infection because we haven’t travelled to a tropical country that has malaria. Nevertheless, over 100 years of compelling scientific evidence links malarial infections to MS. This research shows that for some and possibly many MS patients, a malarial infection
Is multiple sclerosis caused by a malaria-like parasite? A recent study found that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) significantly slowed down the progression of disability in people with primary progressive MS (PPMS). This post will discuss: What protists are and how they infect us Highlights of this study Provide compelling evidence linking MS and
In 1988, a neurologist looked me in the eye and told me I would be completely disabled in time. I was told that there was no cure. No hope offered. No path forward. That conversation happened 37 years ago. And yet today, I’m healthier and more active than many people my age who were never
Revealing the Overlooked Link Between Parasitic Infections and Multiple Sclerosis A New Perspective on Multiple Sclerosis For decades, people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been told that their immune system is attacking their body for no reason — that it’s an autoimmune disease with no known cause and no cure. But new research tells
For decades, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been treated as an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks nerves for no clear reason. Groundbreaking research over the last several years is rewriting that story. Today, leading evidence points to MS as primarily a vascular disorder: a disease driven by chronic blood-vessel dysfunction, low oxygen, impaired venous
When you’re diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, you’re told that the cause of MS is unknown, there is no cure and you will likely be disabled in time. The best medicine can offer is expensive immune-suppressing drugs that don’t stop progression. But what if I told you that researchers have found parasitic worms in the spinal
When most people think about sugar, they picture weight gain, diabetes, or maybe tooth decay. But for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), sugar does far more harm. Research shows that high sugar intake fuels inflammation, disrupts gut health, worsens fatigue, and even accelerates disability. And there’s another piece of the puzzle almost no one
When doctors diagnose neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), they rely heavily on the presence of lesions seen on MRI scans. Lesions appear as white spots in the brain or spinal cord and are considered a hallmark of MS. But here’s the crucial question: what actually causes these lesions? For decades, the medical system has
For over 100 years, evidence has been quietly pointing to one shocking truth: multiple sclerosis (MS) is not an autoimmune disease, but an infectious disease caused by a parasitic infestation. Parasite drugs don’t just fight infections — they have been shown to cut MS relapses, slow disability, and even promote remyelination. This overlooked evidence changes
For over 35 years, I have been living MS free, without MS drugs, and without the fear of relapse. I didn’t get here by luck. I got here because I discovered something almost no one was talking about: parasites are the hidden root cause behind MS and many other chronic diseases. Through the Live Disease
How a natural molecule—and a forgotten malaria drug—could unlock real healing for multiple sclerosis When most people think of histamine, they think of allergies—itchy eyes, runny noses, and the need for antihistamines. In recent years, histamine has also been blamed for a range of chronic symptoms, from digestive issues to fatigue, leading to growing interest
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Medicine in April 2025 has identified a new type of brain lesion—the broad rim lesion (BRL)—which may predict rapid disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). While researchers suggest BRLs could serve as biomarkers for aggressive MS, the findings inadvertently support a perspective that we have long advocated: MS is
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