Amy Proal digs into the new EXPLORE technology that Timothy Heinrich is using to find deeply buried viruses in long COVID. Plus, chronic fatigue syndrome gets an enterovirus study of its own.
A large gut study suggests that early gut problems cause later metabolic problems in chronic fatigue syndrome. While gut problems improve somewhat in longer duration ME/CFS patients their metabolic problems get worse and their condition declines.
Several studies suggest that low levels of the gut protectant and anti-inflammatory compound butyrate could be a biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
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