Her Invention of the histamine patch Procarin to treat MS symptoms has catapulated the 41 year-old from obscurity to celebrity. De Lack never thought of fame when she was diagnosed with MS in 1988. Instead, she struggled with daily unremitting fatigue, tingling and numbness. Believing there had to be relief, she began to search medical literature for answers. He reported improvements in 60 percent of 102 MS patients given intravenous infusions.
Histamine is a substance that is found in the body, and acts as a mediator, affecting many systems.
I believe MS patients are deficient in histamine, which accounts for their immune cells. It's involved in gastric secretions. We think of histamine only when we get an allergic reaction. In MS, destruction of the myelin sheath or fat-like substance insulating the nerves in the central nervous system and spinal cord takes place. Called demyelinization, it causes nerve fibers to short circuit.