A Different Kind of Pain That the immune system might play a major role in producing pain might seem obvious. Inflammation, swelling, and the symptoms of ‘sickness behavior’ including muscle and joint pains are all produced by the immune system when we catch a cold....
Epstein-Barr virus just keeps showing up in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). After the Lipkin study suggested EBV activation wasn’t a problem a German study suggested it was. Now, we look at that issue and a fascinating hypothesis proposing that poorly...
“When you’re sick the act of living is more act than living” Meghan O’Rourke Meghan O’Rourke’s piece in the Aug. 26th, 2013, issue of the New Yorker “What’s Wrong with ME”: “I had an autoimmune disease…...
(The roller-coaster ride continues as Christine meets up with a series of outside stressors that threaten to derail her progress as she heads back to Dr. Chia to figure out what to do next. Find more of Christine’s blogs here.) May 2013 It has taken me 2 months...
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