Could the energy production problems in ME/CFS be responsible for the inflammation present?
Many people suspect that inflammation plays a major role in both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia yet standard tests are usually negative. However, a new inflammation test being developed at Stanford by a researcher (who’s also doing work on ME/CFS) could change that.
This more sophisticated test indicates that immune systems that are “wired and tired”; i.e. exhausted – as ME/CFS patient’s systems appear to be – may be the most inflammatory of all. Check out that plus some exciting work that aims to uncover a potential mitochondrial explanation for the immune exhaustion present in a Simmaron Research Foundation sponsored blog:
Inflammation Test Could be Tailor-Made for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Are the Mitochondria To Blame?
I find all these studies very interesting and inspiring. In case it’s of any use, I did some work looking at beta herpes viral loads in cadaver brains. We found evidence in some brain tissues (mainly Purkinje cells we thought) of HHV6A but no HHV6B, HHV7 or CMV. This was back in 2011 so things might have moved on since then?