Use your Noggin-There is no evidence that playing football causes MS

#MSResearch #MSBlog Twitter tweating Rubbish

For those of you watching 24 hours in A& E a reality TV series about Accident & Emergency, which is Emergency Room in American, in a London Hospital. Cameras filmed round the clock for 28 days, 24 hours a day in A&E

A recent episode features a young man with multiple sclerosis where it was put that he got MS after a blow on the head. 

Instantly Twitter was a wash with football causes MS. Is that why there is less MS in Southern Europe because Continental Footballers don't like to head the ball......Oh course not its nonsense.

Yes footballers do get MS, such as Danny Wallace, but there is no evidence that playing football increases your risk of MS.


Interestingly there is a small increased risk reported in Lou Gehrigs (A famous American Baseball player)/ Disease/Motor Neuron Disease in American Footballers and a report of Italian Footballers but as it has not been reported in other countries it is probably a chance event. 

However, it shows the power of Social Media to spread rubbish quickly.

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