The Coronavirus, Epstein-Barr Virus and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
How a coronavirus study shed light on Epstein-Barr Virus reactivation in ME/CFS. Of all the opportunities the SARS-CoV-2 virus has inadvertently opened up for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), this one might be the most creative thus far. This study highlights the...
The Hugely Predictive Factor for Long COVID…is also found in ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia: the IACFS/ME Conference II
This is the second in a series of blogs on the IACFS/ME 2022 International Conference on ME/CFS (and long COVID). The last one focused on David Systrom’s Keynote address. This one focused on an hour-long talk that kicked off the keynote session. Systrom’s...
How Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Exhaust the Body
“Millions of people continue to suffer from exhaustion, cognitive problems and other long-lasting symptoms after a coronavirus infection. The exact causes of the illness, known as long Covid, are not known. But new research offers clues, describing the toll the...
Did Inflexible Cytokine Networks Cause ME/CFS?
The question must have rattled through everyone’s mind at some point. Why me and not you? Why did you get over that cold while I never did? It’s one of the great questions in the chronic fatigue syndrome (field). Stabs have been taken at it before –...
Old Drug Points to a New Way to Knock the Epstein-Barr Virus Down
A recent study suggested that Epstein-Barr reactivation might be present in a substantial number of people with (chronic fatigue syndrome) ME/CFS. Anti-herpesvirus drug protocols in ME/CFS, however, tend to last a very long time and aren’t always successful...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
Allyn Archer
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