Exposure to sunlight helps fight multiple sclerosis

Scientists have suggested that people with multiple sclerosis should lie in the sun to fight the disease.

This was said after a new research shows that patients with higher levels of vitamin D - mainly derived from exposure to sunlight - have fewer attacks and develop the disease at a slower rate, reports the Daily Express.

The auto-immune condition is caused by the loss of nerve fibres in the brain and spinal cord.

Colleen Hayes and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, believe vitamin D3 helps to control cells known as T lymphocytes which are responsible for MS.

"MS is currently incurable but environmental factors, such as vitamin D3, may hold the key to preventing MS and reducing its impact," Hayes said.