Epiphany

[Ballet Mom]

Originally Posted by Dingo

Pick a common, lethal disease and google it's name with Osteopontin. Chances are good you'll find a connection. I'm not saying I have the answer but something is definitely going wrong in these kids bodies. Kids aren't commonly programmed to become fatally ill.

I would think there would be a connection of osteopontin to all of these diseases, because as I recall when I was looking into it, osteopontin was a normal part of the body's immune systems response....for what it's worth.

[Dingo]

Ballet Mom

Osteopontin levels are probably something like blood pressure. If your blood pressure is too low you'll pass out but if it's high it slowly or even rapidly destroys your internal organs.

Maybe if Osteopontin levels are low the body will be overrun with infection. On the flipside high Osteopontin is associated with a myriad of fatal diseases.

[hdugger]

It's related as in it causes them? Or it's related as in it shows up at the same time? Depression is also related to most major illnesses, but presumably as a result rather then a cause.

Just trying to figure out the relationship.

Originally Posted by Dingo

Ballet Mom

Osteopontin levels are probably something like blood pressure. If your blood pressure is too low you'll pass out but if it's high it slowly or even rapidly destroys your internal organs.

Maybe if Osteopontin levels are low the body will be overrun with infection. On the flipside high Osteopontin is associated with a myriad of fatal diseases.

[Dingo]

Hdugger

It's probably impossible to generalize about Osteopontin and the dozens of diseases it's associated with. However in the case of Scoliosis Dr. Moreau is very clear. Blocking OPN stops Scoliosis 100% of the time in mice. OPN is part of the human immune system so for obvious reasons they can't run that experiment on humans, especially children. However what they can measure in humans ties OPN directly to Scoliosis.

Children with Scoliosis have dangerously high levels of OPN and the higher the level the worse the curve is. Interestingly enough bracing can lower OPN levels.

I could be wrong but to me it sounds like inflammation is going haywire in the spine. Pushing the back straight reduces the stress on the vertbebrea and this reduces the level of inflammation. I'm not sure if they know what triggers this process in the first place but the mainstream view is that the nervous system has been damaged.

Don't be surprised if 10 years from now scientists announce that Scoliosis is triggered by the damage caused by an infection in genetically susceptible children. A lot of things appear to be headed that way...

PANDAS: A link between strep throat and OCD

Herpes Virus Link To Preterm Birth And High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy

Pathogen That Causes Disease In Cattle Also Associated With Crohn's Disease - Research Urgently Needed To Evaluate Potential Risks To Humans

[PNUTTRO]

. . .double oi.

If you read long and hard enough, you can make anything fit your own theory. I still say your wrong, only because I am not yet convinced.

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