People with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have often said that they feel like they’ve run a marathon despite the fact that they haven’t done any exercise at all. That idea has never been put to the test in ME/CFS but it recently came close in long...
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...
In part III of Health Rising’s coverage of the 2022 IACFS/ME Conference, we cover presentations by members of Maureen Hanson’s NIH-funded ME/CFS research center. Systrom’s Keynote Address Kicks off IACFS/ME ME/CFS and Long-COVID Conference The Hugely...
The Breathing/Oxygen series on Health Rising continues with a rare clinical trial in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) that’s designed to improve breathing, increase blood CO2 levels, and hopefully improve a wide number of symptoms. The Breathing/Oxygen Series...
Keynote Talk: David Systrom – Pathophysiology of exercise intolerance in ME/CFS & Long COVID (Text in parentheses was not part of the talk and was added by me). David Systrom started off his long and stimulating keynote talk, “Keynote: Pathophysiology...
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...
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