Could a Rare Autoimmune Disease Help Explain the Autonomic Issues in ME/CFS, POTS and Fibromyalgia?
Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy is a very rare disease. So why feature it in a blog on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)? Because it could provide a preview of the future. All these diseases...
The Great Split? Are Post-Infectious ME/CFS Patients Fundamentally Different?
This German study suggested that an infectious onset to chronic fatigue syndrome may tilt the immune system to autoimmunty, while a non-infectious onset may till the immune system to inflammation.
A Never-Ending Immune Battle in ME/CFS? The Regulatory T-cell/Herpesvirus Hypothesis
Nuno Sepulveda proposes that people with chronic fatigue syndrome are engaged in a never ending battle between autoimmunity and herpesvirus clearance.
Explaining ME/CFS? Prusty / Naviaux Study Ties Infections to Energy Breakdowns
Bhupesh Prusty and Bob Naviaux team up to show that a simmering herpesvirus infection could produce the key features of the "cell danger response" where a mitochoncrial breakdown and immune activation combine to sap chronic fatigue syndrome patients' energy.
Bridging the Gap? Fibromyalgia, Women and Autoimmunity
There’s a big elephant in the room in both fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and it’s women. The fact that a lot more women than men have these diseases must mean something, yet except for Dr. Klimas’s and Gordon...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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