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Connections, Connections – Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, Photophobia and MIGRAINE!

by Cort Johnson | Aug 28, 2023 | Anti-CGRP Antagonists, Brain, Brainstem, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Gender, Gut, Homepage, Hypoxia, Limbic System, Metabolism, Migraine

It’s amazing sometimes what you see if you look. A blog on the causes and possible treatments for the very troubling photophobia, or light sensitivity, that some experience turned into a deep dive into migraine and its similarities to diseases like chronic...

The Sheffield Talk on Fibromyalgia

by Cort Johnson | May 28, 2021 | Abilify, Craniocervical Instability, Ending Suffering, Energy Production, Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Gut, Hypoxia, Intracranial Hypertension, Limbic System, Metabolism, Migraine, Muscles, Neuroinflammation, Neuroplasticity, Orthostatic intolerance, Oxidative Stress, Small Fiber Neuropathy, Tomnya, Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Cort talks about hot topics in fibromyalgia research, future treatment possibilities, diagnosis, the difference between chronic fatigue syndrome and FM and more to the Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Association in the UK.

Death in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – What has it Told Us? The Autopsy Files

by Cort Johnson | Dec 12, 2018 | Allodynia, Autoimmune, Brain, Gut, Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Ivabradine, IVIG, Migraine, Prefrontal Cortex

It’s always hard to lose a loved one, but the deaths in ME/CFS seem particularly hard. They tend to be quite painful, they often take place in the midst of a non-supportive medical system, and they’re a complete mystery. With no seeming way out it’s...

The Pridgen Protocol for Fibromyalgia – Could It Work in Migraine? A Report Suggests Yes

by Cort Johnson | May 21, 2018 | Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Migraine, Pridgen, Treatment

We also hypothesize that migraine may be attributable to a reactivation of a latent HSV residing within the trigeminal ganglion. The authors She was a healthy 21-year-old white college student who woke up one morning to a “scintillating scotoma”, a visual...

Migraine, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia – Low Oxygen, High Lactate Disorders?

by Cort Johnson | Apr 11, 2016 | Brain, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Hypoxia, Migraine, Research

Migraine effects 12% of the population (!) or about 40 million people. Two studies suggest as many as 75% of people with chronic fatigue syndrome experience migraines and that most migraines in ME/CFS are undiagnosed. A recent large fibromyalgia study suggested...