John Simper, a former motorcycle racer aged 60 from Ipswich, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 26 years ago, states that he was actually suffering from the Hughes Syndrome and all he needed to treat his disease was to take a couple of aspirins.

Hughes Syndrome is a disorder of coagulation, which causes thrombosis in both arteries and veins. The syndrome is basically an autoimmune condition caused by the autoimmune production of antibodies against the constituents of molecular membranes. Even though Hughes Syndrome closely mimics the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, it can be easily treated with aspirin or blood thinning drugs.

This is what John Simper did and strongly recommends to the others. He says that many people who were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and have been struggling and fighting since then with fierce pains and a wide range of annoying symptoms should try taking blood thinning drugs or aspirin. This could erase their pains and health problems, as the 60- year-old man thinks that many multiple sclerosis diagnoses are erroneous and it may simply be all about the Hughes Syndrome.

"When I first heard about it I contacted my doctor and he had never heard of the condition. The tests for MS are a matter of eliminating other conditions and I had nothing else. Then a few months ago my daughter drew my attention to an article about Hughes Syndrome. I'm wary of new developments in my condition but asked my doctor about it and he had never heard of it. Now I am doing all that I can to make people aware."

"I'm not jumping up and down with joy yet because I am going to have my first referral at St Thomas's Hospital in London, which is the main treatment centre, in October. I have spoken to neurological hospitals, other GPs and even NICE to draw attention to the condition. It could save the government millions of pounds on care and drugs if many people diagnosed with MS have Hughes Syndrome instead," said John Simper, the man who treated multiple sclerosis symptoms with just an aspirin.