Multiple sclerosis

Our point of view

Multiple sclerosis is considered to be an unusual illness, it demands unusual approaches to its treatment. The reason is the chronic demyelinization process of the myelin sheath with possible regenerative changes of the very nerve tissue. Multiple sclerosis is characterized by the unpredictable clinical course. A crisis can occur during a proper treatment and, on the contrary, the phase of remission can develop without any healing.

There are dozens of direct and indirect causes which influence the rise and development of multiple sclerosis, but all of them can be divided into three large groups:

1. Predisposition
      а) inherited,
      b) acquired;
2. Concomitant factor;
3. Provocative factors.

For multiple sclerosis to appear all three factors should be present; the absence of one factor (any) inhibits the development of the disease (detailed classification is given in the book "Apitherapy in the treatment of multiple sclerosis").

It is mainly the disease of young people who are in the prime of their working life. It is an unexpected psycho-emotional stroke and after the first visits to a doctor it seems to be a sentence. All these make the disease to develop rapidly.

Unfortunately, not everything, what is done, is done for a patient. It also concerns different activities (conferences, congresses, symposiums), which are held, although it is already good, that this problem is spoken of. But everything what is going around is not interesting for the patient. He is interested only in his concrete feelings.

Nowadays there are five main groups relating to the Multiple Sclerosis.

The 1st is the scientific research group, which possesses almost all the existing information, carries out its own research, has a high intellectual potential and capacities. But they are far enough from a real practical contact with a patient. That's why it doesn't always assess the recommended treatment properly. The 2nd group is the organizational structure, which has financial and coordination possibilities, but doesn't have reliable information about what should be done with this category of ill people in order to achieve results. The 3rd group includes newly-established centers, which try "to do something", but which ignore the fact, that multiple sclerosis is not the disease to be healed only will pills or injections. They don't take into consideration the effect of the psycho-emotional factor, have no idea of the physical rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis, and they don't want to use apitherapeutical methods because of their being too conservative. For them the result is of secondary importance. The 4th group consists of general practitioners, who work directly with such patients but have little information and know only that multiple sclerosis is incurable, and it is no use treating it. The 5th group includes the patients, for whom their health is still their own problem.

Of course, there should be a connection between these groups, which should aim everybody to help the patient and not to "perform activity" and waste money. Nowadays there are more possibilities in the treatment of multiple sclerosis than there were three-four years ago. The patients should know and feel it, but it isn't that way.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society was organized in 2001. It seemed to be the main protector of the patients' interests. But it didn't happen in reality. None of the patients understands, for what and for whom this society was organized. Even the leaders of this organization don't know that.

Apitherapy in the treatment of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis grows and gets younger today. And this is because of the confrontation, which is won not by the medicine.

Multiple sclerosis, as a disease, evidently differs from the others and that's why it demands another approaches.

There should be a lot of specialists, who are engaged in the treatment of multiple sclerosis: neurologist, psychologist, psychotherapeutist, urologist, rehabilitologist and that's not all. To our point of view, the problem of multiple sclerosis will be solved quicker, if a qualified apitherapeutist joins this list of specialists.

Since 1992 in Chelyabinsk the first Russian Treatment- and-Rehabilitation Centre for patients with multiple sclerosis has been working. During all this time different famous and infamous, medicaments have been used. But we prefer apitoxins - bee venom components, which allow us a lot:

1. to inhibit the development of multiple sclerosis;
2. to decrease pathomorphologic changes in the myelin tunic;
3. to improve the remyelinization effect;
4. to influence positively the neurologic status and to improve nerve impulses conduction through synaptic tracts;
5. to decrease the neutrophilic and monocytic leukocytosis and plasmatic reaction of the lymphoid tissue;
6. to decrease the activity of the autoimmune inflammation;
7. to improve the metabolism and immune mechanisms;
8. to prevent infection complications;
9. to restore the lost functions;
10. to influence the coordination;
11. to influence actively the hypertonus;
12. to form the new reflex for motion activity restoration;
13. to carry on prenatal preparation and postnatal rehabilitation;
14. to change the patient's mood and his attitude towards the existing problem.

Such a variety of positive results is not occasional. Here are only some effects of the bee venom influence on the functions of the man's body:

• stimulation of the epinephros cortex with the adequate corticosteroid production;
• immunomodulation;
• decrease of the cholesterol level in the blood and dissolution of the atherosclerotic plaques on the vascular walls;
• regulative effect on the blood pressure;
• anticoagulative and antiaggregant effect;
• remyelinization effect;
• regulation of the gastrointestinal tract function;
• radioprotective effect;
• reflectring.

In our clinic there were carried out the scientific research on the apitoxin influence upon the neurological and pathomorphological disturbances of the nerve tissue, the immune index and blood system in the case of multiple sclerosis. We've came to a daring but a proved conclusion: "Bee venom join everything what is considered to be the best for today in the treatment of multiple sclerosis".

Main effects of the apitoxins in the treatment of Multiple
Sclerosis (Krivopalov-Moscvin I.V.)

Traditionally the inflammation and myelin destruction processes' decrease, as well as the decrease of the dropsy around the nerve fiber, are achieved by the usage of synthetic hormone medicaments - corticosteroids. The usage of the bee venom gives a better effect because of MSD-peptide and peptide 401. Moreover, it has a number of preeminences and the complete absence of the abstinent syndrome. The small dozes of hormones do not give the desired result, but their regular and long usage is unfavourable, because of a number of serious side effects. The results of the comparison are given in the scheme below:

The best argument for the apitherapy effectiveness in the treatment of multiple sclerosis is a fact that we cannot deny: "Beekeepers almost never suffer multiple sclerosis".

Physical rehabilitation

Physical rehabilitation has some weak points today. Even if it is used, it usually consists of different exercises, mainly they are difficult to perform.

Common physical exercises are almost ineffective, and, at the same time, difficult exercises are contradicated, because they can cause hypertonus.

Much attention should be paid (especially beginning with the second disability group) to the restoration of motion activity. To influence only the physical factor, including the demyelinization, is not enough, because we change possibilities, but a person continues to move in a certain manner. He's got a reflex, which should be destroyed, and a new one - formed.

The apikinesitherapy programme allows to teach how: to take care of oneself, to walk, to sit, to restore the physiologically correct point of support.

Psychological rehabilitation

Today there is a widely spread mistake: no attention is paid to the psycho-emotional factor which is very important for a certain category of patients.

Multiple sclerosis likes the weak and progresses more actively.

Our aim is to change a negative position of a man to an optimist one.

Information. You can find more information about the research and medical methods, which are used in our clinics, in a book "Apitherapy in the treatment of multiple sclerosis".

One can reserve a place in our clinics by contacting the following address:

86, Svoboda st., Chelyabinsk, Russia 4540091.
Tel/Fax: +7(351)2638323.
Phone: +7(351)2687252.
E-mail: api-center@chel.surnet.ru