Ischemia-Reperfusion Hypothesis Opens New Treatment Options for Long COVID, Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS
Ischemia–reperfusion injury, hypoxia–reperfusion injury, or reoxygenation injury – whatever name you wish to call it – occurs when a low oxygen state in the tissues is followed by a resumption of normal oxygen flows. Oddly enough, it’s during the...
Oxygen Short? Microcirculatory Problems Could Explain Long COVID (and ME/CFS)
New MRI technique reveals the oxygen from the lungs is having trouble getting through to the small blood vessels in long COVID. It could explain shortness of breath and exercise problems in long COVID and possibly ME/CFS. The Breathing-Oxygen series continues on...
Blood Vessel Attack May Spark Brain Inflammation in Long COVID (and ME/CFS)
It was a small study, but small studies done in the right hands and pursued vigorously enough can make a real difference. Plus, there’s nothing like really digging into the brain – and this took actual digging – to learn what the SARS-CoV-2 virus is...
No Neuroinflammation Needed? An Epic ME/CFS Hypothesis Series Winds Up
Epic ME/CFS Hypothesis Series Not many people have taken their shot at completely explaining chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but of those that have, Wirth and Scheibenbogen’s epic three-part hypothesis series takes the cake. If the goal of a hypothesis is to...
A Burning Question: Can Niacin Help Mitochondrial & Blood Vessel Issues in ME/CFS, FM and long COVID?
I tried to lay as still as possible. It felt like I’d swallowed a stick of dynamite that was slowly detonating. Any movement at all would send what seemed like waves of molten lava cascading inside me. As the burning sensations slowly eased, though, I felt an...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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