Title: 'I was stung by 1,500 bees and I feel great': MS sufferer's pioneering therapy | Daily Mail Online
Headings: 'I was stung by 1,500 bees and I feel great': MS sufferer's pioneering therapy
'I was stung by 1,500 bees and I feel great': MS sufferer's pioneering therapy
Content: She now campaigns for the 'Safe Land for Bees' project, which aims to raise awareness of the decline in bee populations. She said: ' I became very concerned. I owed bees an awful lot and I felt they were a vital part of our ecosystem. 'Life without them would be unimaginable, because the work they do as pollinators basically keeps our environment ticking over.' More than 85,000 Britons have MS, a condition in which immune cells attack the protective myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord. Initially, the body can repair the damage, but over time the nerves become scarred and stop transmitting signals. The bee sting treatment is based on the theory of 'counter irritation' - a new pain firing up the body's immune system to produce a response which dampens the effects of an existing condition. The exact composition of bee venom is not known. It is a chemical cocktail containing enzymes and proteins.