How to Turn an Infection Into a Chronic Illness
Acute infections represent frequent and violent tissue perturbations from which the immune system must rapidly rebound. Fonseca et. al. Researchers have long believed that infections can kick off inflammatory diseases, but the link between an infection and a long term...
Is Lactic Acidosis Behind Many Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Fibromyalgia Symptoms?
As a person who’s been gifted with being in remission from chronic fatigue syndrome (for the third time), I adhere to a model of what I believe causes typical ME/CFS in hope of staying in remission. The model is stable and consistent with the latest (and older)...
Gut Infection Could Underlie Symptoms in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
“We are cautiously optimistic regarding these results because, if confirmed, we may have identified a contributing factor to the innate immune issues associated with ME/CFS and a molecular target for potential treatment strategies.” – Lombardi et al. Over the...
Gut Finding in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Dispels Idea IBS is Psychological
“A functional symptom is a medical symptom in an individual which is very broadly conceived as arising from a problem in nervous system ‘functioning’ and not due to a structural or pathologically defined disease cause.” – Wikipedia “… on...
Lipkin Project Gutting It Out
Ian Lipkin thinks the gut holds the key to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (and who are we to disagree with him? ). His study will identify microbes that are associated with immune activation in ME/CFS, then find ways to knock them down using probiotics, antibiotics followed...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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