Convergence – How Gut, Immune and Metabolic Issues May be Producing PEM in ME/CFS
We know the gut is in play in some way in ME/CFS. Gut symptoms are common and studies have evidence of dysregulated gut flora and leaky gut (gut bacteria in the blood). The big question, though, is what it all means. We know that gut issues have the potential to...
Infections, ME/CFS, Long COVID and Psychosis – Is There a Link?
This blog was prompted when I learned of a family that had been riddled with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), one of whose members began experiencing psychotic symptoms, and ultimately, full psychotic episodes after being given fludrocortisone. Her severe illness...
High Intracranial Fluid Pressure, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID
In her last blog, Melissa reported that her symptoms were greatly improved by a spinal patch. She returns with a new blog on high intracranial pressure, and ME/CFS/FM and long COVID. This is a post on intracranial pressure and its effect on many illnesses and their...
A Patch On It: Melissa’s Amazing Cerebral Spinal Fluid Leak ME/CFS Recovery Story
Health Rising’s Recovery/Recovering Stories series continues with yet another novel recovery/recovering story. Melissa’s story is the first spinal story in this series, and her recovery was unusual in its rapidity and its one-off nature. One simple,...
The Many Faces of Long COVID – and Why it Matters to ME/CFS
The coronavirus is triggering all sorts of diseases other than ME/CFS – that’s good news for anyone with a post-infectious illness We thought the coronavirus would trigger a lot of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and it has. The big surprise is what...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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