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Jane and Edith and PIEN'ers, Hi from the Coast of Maine.... Did mononucleosis, or influenza A (flu type A), after World War I,affect you or your grandfather, Jane? Edith, I guess you are a PWP -am I right? Or is it your husband? Any history of severe childhood health problems, with "flu bugs" ? I am exploring the idea that PD is a virally -caused disease. This might be true for some, or perhaps many PWP's. Like Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyelotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and probably also like MS , or multiple sclerosis, PD could be a slowly developing virally-caused disease of the central nervous system. Somehow, the substantia nigra area would have been invaded by a slowly- developing virus that eventually takes over, changing the DNA instructions for brain chemistry , but gradually. This theory would explain why amantadine is effective in PD; despite having been designed as an antiviral pill. Curiously, amantadine is in common use. and it stops PD symptoms or reduces them in some PWP's. I am gung-ho for research in virology and immunology to find the cause of PD.... any comments or thoughts on my above questions, Jane and Edith?? Ivan 52/39/36 On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:36:00 -0800 edith love <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I hope that those of you who are concerned about fluoride took the > HOW > survey. Fluoride is listed in Section D. > > E of the headdress > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jane Ross > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 9:09 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Flouride > > > Dee, > I was a fluoride test child when I was in the first or second grade > where > they painted our teeth with fluoride at school. > Dee, I have heard of being exposed to insecticides or being a welder > but > never heard of fluoride as a cause. Just to keep you on your toes, > my > father > was a welder and as a kid I used to play in the shavings, brass > welding rod > drippings and pretend the used rods were cigarettes. > Also we live in an area that has a vector control and for the past > 36 years > they have sprayed our house with malathalon (spelling) to kill the > mosquitoes. > One more for you, my Grandfather had Parkinson's > > jjjane > > http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/ross/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn