Over the last few years we have all been bombarded with messages about how exactly essential it is to be out of the sun. We've recognized just how real a risk skin cancer can be and are doing every little thing we can think of to prevent it from happening. We don many layers of the highest SPF sunscreens that we can buy. We wear gigantic hats. We wear long sleeves and pant legs even in the warmest of temps. We do our best to keep only in the shady areas--some have even started carrying parasols and umbrellas around so that their skin never comes into contact with direct sunlight. Now we're starting to see that sunlight can sometimes be pretty helpful. Can you really be helped by the sunshine?
A new study has been done and it shows that people who allow some time in direct natural light aren't as likely to get MS as the people who do everything they can to keep out of the sun. Originally the study was to see how Vitamin D affected the indications of Multiple Sclerosis. It didn't take much time for them to realize that it is the Vitamin D our bodies produce after exposure to the sun's rays that is at the center of the issue.
We've known for a very long time that sunshine and Vitamin D can impede the way the immune system plays a part in MS. This study, however, deals principally with the effects of sunshine on the people who are just starting to experience the very earliest symptoms of the disease. The goal of the study is to discover how the sun's rays and Vitamin D might have an affect on the symptoms doctors call "precursor" to actual symptoms of the disease.
Sadly, right now there aren't really very many ways that really prove whether or not the hypothesis of this study are true. This study is attempting to demonstrate whether or not sunlight can truly help a person prevent Multiple Sclerosis. Sadly, the only real way to quantify if this is correct is to monitor a person over his or her entire life. This is only way that it may be possible to calculate and fully grasp the levels of Vitamin D that exist in a person's blood before the precursors of the disease show up. As it appears right now, people with regular sun exposure seem to have fewer MS symptoms, specifically in the beginning, than those who live in darker and colder climates-but this was already widely known.
The fact that the danger of developing skin cancer increases proportionally to the amount of time you spend in direct sunlight (without protection) is also a problem. So, if you try and stop one disease, you may be helping to induce the other one. Of course, if you ever get skin cancer early on enough you are far more likely to cure it. MS still has no cure.
So what should you do: chance skin cancer or chance MS? Talk to your doctor to figure out if this is an excellent idea. Your health care provider will figure out if you are at risk for the disease (and how much) by checking out your genetics, medical history and current health. This helps a family doctor figure out exactly what the best thing for you to do is.
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