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...
Nothing happens in your body without some of your genes going off like skyrockets. If your body is responding to something – or acting differently in some way – it should show up in a different pattern of gene expression. If you get a virus, for instance,...
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