Living in a cold and dark place is at risk for multiple sclerosis

British researchers on November 15 reported that people living in regional countries have low temperatures and less sunlight, often at high risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). . The results of the study were published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (UK).

The team of scientists collected data on more than 150,000 MS patients living in the 52-degree North, England. The results showed that those born in April - the first month of a long period without sunlight, had 13,300 people with MS.

Meanwhile, those born in November - one month after the summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the number of people with MS has dropped significantly, to 11,600 cases in the total survey data.

Study author Sreeram Ramagopalan of Queen Mary University (London) said the birth month had a significant effect on the risk of MS in the investigated people. The main factor leading to this is due to the low frequency of contact between patients and the sun, causing disruption of Vitamin D synthesis. Vitamin D deficiency will cause multiple sclerosis.

Mr. Ramagopalan stressed that Vitamin D deficiency has always been a big problem for people living in high latitudes and lack of sunlight. For pregnant mothers living in such areas, it is even more dangerous, because the lack of Vitamin D will make their children at high risk of developing MS and having a poor immune system later on.

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that currently has no cure, seriously affecting vision, movement, emotional balance, bladder regulation, and ultimately leading to dementia.