Cognition I: Say What? Attention Deficits Highlight Why Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS) Are Such Different Diseases
How fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and allied diseases are so different from diseases like rheumatoid arthritis Fibro-fog, brain-fog, chemo-fog… It can get pretty dim out there if you have fibromyalgia (FM), chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and environmental...
Avindra Nath on “A Neurologic Crisis” Plus Leaky Brains in Long COVID, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia?
Brain autopsy results indicate that COVID-19 patients may have thinned blood vessels in the brain which are prone to leak and trigger small strokes in the brain. A similar finding showed up in a chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) almost 30 years ago. Blood vessel problems may be rife in both diseases.
The Tie That Binds? BDNF, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Neuroinflammation and Exercise
The increased BDNF levels in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia could be the link between exercise, neuroinflammation and pain in these diseases.
Bad B-cells, Malfunctioning Mitochondria and “Could Happiness Help?” The IACFS/ME ME/CFS Zoom Conference Pt. III
The 2020 IACFS/ME Zoom conference found evidence of B-cell abnormalities that might be tied to autoimmunity, problems with mitochondrial energy production and a finding which suggested that having more uplifiting events may actually help.
Tying together Fear and Pain: the Parabrachial Nucleus of the Brainstem and Fibromyalgia
The Brainstem The brainstem – a small area at the base of the brain that contacts the spinal cord – has become of ever more interest in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Barnden’s studies suggest brainstem involvement is present. VanElzakker...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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