Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gulf War Illness – the Widespread Neuroinflammation Diseases
It’s complex; it causes fatigue, pain, sleep and cognitive problems; it’s underfunded; and it’s not chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) or fibromyalgia (FM) – it’s Gulf War IIlness (GWI) – and it may be more relevant than you think....
The Brainstem, Vagus Nerve, Neuroinflammation and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The VanElzakker Way
Jeff’s amazing craniocervical instability story indicated that a damaged brainstem can produce all the symptoms of ME/CFS/FM/POTS. He’s not the first to believe that. Michael VanElzakker, the author of the Vagus Nerve Hypothesis, has believed that for...
Brain on Fire: Widespread Neuroinflammation Found in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Neuroinflammation, Fatigue and Pain Lab Stop We were having a case of déjà vu as we drove around the surprisingly large campus. Getting into the NIH to see Avindra Nath had been a nightmare. It turned out that the NIH would only allow the big van through one access...
Microstructural Havoc: The Immune System, Fatigue and the Brain – An ME/CFS and FM Scenario
We know that hepatitis C patients receiving a strong pro-inflammatory drug (IFN-a) that helps them fight off their viral infections and ME/CFS patients have very similar problems with fatigue and identical problems with their basal ganglia. That suggests that...
Walking and Thinking – Not a Good Combo in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Walking can be a real problem for people with ME/CFS but when researchers asked them to walk and think at the same time the problems really started to show up. Find out what happened in (and take the poll – how is your walking going?) in Walking and Thinking...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
Allyn Archer
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Former occupation: Architect, Professor of Architecture
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