Move Over POTS – Hypocapnia May be a Bigger Deal in ME/CFS
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) has always been thought to be the big deal regarding orthostatic intolerance (increased symptoms while standing or sitting) in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). That may be changing with a recent study,...
How Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Exhaust the Body
“Millions of people continue to suffer from exhaustion, cognitive problems and other long-lasting symptoms after a coronavirus infection. The exact causes of the illness, known as long Covid, are not known. But new research offers clues, describing the toll the...
Delayed Recovery After Exercise Found in ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
This was a surprising study – not because of what was done – but because it hasn’t been done before. Since the two branches of the ANS (the sympathetic/parasympathetic) control the heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV) is a good way to assess at a...
Bye-Bye Fight or Flight? Hello Better Blood Flows? Stellate Ganglion Blocks, Long COVID, and ME/CFS/FM/POTS
A procedure developed in the 1930s that shoots anesthetics into big nerve bodies found on each side of the neck? Does that sound sketchy or what? It’s reported, though, to be quite safe and it aims to do two potentially important things in long COVID,...
The Reduced Brain Blood Flow Diseases? Long COVID, ME/CFS and POTS
You could see this study coming a mile away. Visser, Van Campen and Rowe have been busy the past couple of years doing breakthrough study after breakthrough study. It was only a matter of time – and not much time at that – before they got to long COVID. Low Brain...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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