It’s the simplest of medical tests. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or SED rate) test simply measures the rate at which the red blood cells in whole blood descend in a test tube over a period of one hour. This non-specific measure of inflammation works...
Therefore many patients without tachycardia remain undiagnosed by the tilt test if the end tidal CO2 and CBFv are not measured. Novak – author Orthostatic intolerance just got a bit more complex. That was actually good news. Hopefully chronic fatigue syndrome...
Could the microvascular system – the small capillaries and the red blood cells that run through them – hold the key to energy problems in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and perhaps fibromyalgia? The idea that the blood delivery system – not some...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) occurs when plaque builds up on the arteries that supply blood to the heart. The plaque buildup can reduce blood flows to the heart causing chest pain – particularly during strenuous activity. If the plaque bursts a clot can form...
From Top Down to Bottoms Up In Fibromyalgia For the past decade or so research evidence has suggested that fibromyalgia is more a brain disorder than a body disorder. Studies indicating increased substance P levels, increased activity in the pain sensing and decreased...
When Dr. DeMeirleir first sees a person with chronic fatigue syndrome they often have cold hands, cold feet and low blood pressure – even in people who are overweight – which is, as he put it…’highly abnormal’ and their heart rates are...
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