Two long COVID case reports and a fibromyalgia study suggests that stellate ganglion blockades which reduce sympathetic nervous system activity may be helpful in these diseases.
People with chronic fatigue syndrome or rheumatoid arthritis both experience exercise intolerance. A recent study suggests that both similar and different processes are at work in both.
An impaired baroreflex response could be contributing to the pain, fatigue, sleep and cognitive issues in fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
A graded exercise therapy or GET chronic fatigue syndrome study found that a substantial number of ME/CFS patients may have cardiovascular problems that interfer with blood flows to the muscles.
COVID-19 creates an ME/CFS-like condition characterized by autoimmune autonomic nervous system problems that are partially resolved by IVIG in a long hauler
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