BMJ Open. 2015 May 20;5(5):e007806. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007806.
OBJECTIVE:To determine if comorbid asthma is associated with accumulation of multiple sclerosis (MS)-related impairment and disability.
METHOD:We sent a comprehensive questionnaire to a cohort of patients with MS and examined the association between comorbid asthma and reaching Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores 4.0 and 6.0. Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29) scores were compared between patients with MS with and without comorbid asthma.
RESULTS:680 patients participated in our study of whom 88 (12.9%) had comorbid asthma. There was no difference in the prevalence of asthma between our MS cohort and the England general population (OR: 0.89, 95% CI 0.68 to 1.17). We did not observe a significant association between having asthma and the risk of reaching EDSS scores 4.0 and 6.0 (HR: 1.29, 95% CI 0.93 to 1.77, and HR: 1.33, 95% CI 0.93 to 1.89, respectively) after controlling for confounders. Patients with MS with asthma reported higher level of psychological impairments (coefficient: 2.29, 95% CI 0.1 to 4.49).
CONCLUSIONS:Asthma is a prevalent condition among patients with MS and it may contribute to the psychological impairment in MS. Although we did not observe significant association between comorbid asthma and physical disability in MS, it seems that the two conditions influence one another.
Well the answer is no, not that much. Most EAE experiments are not done for long enough for proper B cell responses to develop, so it is considered that a Th2 response should be desirable in two legged EAE (If you ask people to describe MS they tell you about EAE). However, it probable that both Th1 and Th2/B responses are undesirable and so far studies aimed at driving Th2 (B cell promoting) responses in MS have yet to show the promise of that hoped.
http://multiple-sclerosis-research.blogspot.com/2012/04/education-th1-v-th2-paradigmn.html
This is the basis of the many studies, trying to give MSers parasitic worms, in the hope that it drives a TH2 responses such as in the TRIOMS (Germany) trial. The HINT (USA) and WIRMS (UK) trials should have been finished by now. Do we know that has happened?
I know Dr Wheldon believes there's a cause here between the two but more that asthma comes on after Ms because of the Chlamydia pneumonia virus
What do you think of his protocol and many who claim to have benefited from it?
please read through the blog we have had this discussion with Dr Wheldon
I've searched and can't find it
We had I think a discussion i think about armchair science and the need to get off your bum and put some meat on the idea.
Chlamidyia is not a virus.
The search function is abit useless sorry it was probably in comments somewhere
Is there a link between alemtuzumab and worsening asthma?
No, but all immunsuppressants increase the frequency of colds which can have a knock on effect on asthma. As far as asthma is concerned, smoking is more likely to cause an attack or over the years lead to a chronic version of the condition – COPD