Exercise affects far more of the body than expected. A blood test that predicts aerobic functioning and other insights from an intensive exercise study could ultimately help explain chronic fatigue syndrome.
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.
Solve ME's Ramsay Awards fund pilot studies into T-cells, Class II MHC molecules, the microbiome/virome, the autonomic nervous system and brain blood perfusion and functionality in chronic fatigue syndrome.
Are you a clumper or slider? The erythrocyte sedimentation test or ESR or SED rate test measures inflammation. SED rates were thought to be VERY low in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) until a British study found otherwise. If you have fibromyalgia or ME/CFS please take the ESR poll.
Studies indicate that the nasal congestion and mid-facial pain found in the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is probably not due to inflammation or mast cell activation but instead is probably caused by small nerve fiber problems and dysautonomia.
A Critical Look at the NIH’s Accelerating Research Conference This chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) conference was different. Besides the normal goal of bringing researchers together to share their latest results, it had an ulterior motive – getting NIH...
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