by Cort Johnson | Oct 12, 2020 | Autonomic Nervous System, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage
Dysautonomia International Virtual Conference (Oct 15th – 18th) The autonomic nervous system is of great interest in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM) and orthostatic intolerance (OI). Studies indicate that low heart rate variability (HRV) in...
by Cort Johnson | Jun 13, 2020 | Autoimmune, Autonomic Nervous System, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation
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.
by Cort Johnson | Jun 5, 2020 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Cytokines, Enbrel, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Klimas, Neuroinflammation
Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and other functional pain disorders may triggered by an overactive fight/flight system which results in neuroinflammation.
by Cort Johnson | Dec 14, 2019 | Autonomic Nervous System, Cardiovascular, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Genetics, Homepage, Immune, Inflammation, Others, Pathogens, Research
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.
by Cort Johnson | Oct 14, 2019 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Brainstem, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Gulf War Illness, Inflammation, Ion Channels, Mast cell activation syndrome
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.
by Cort Johnson | Jul 29, 2019 | Autonomic Nervous System, Homepage, HPA axis, Recovery stories
Who better to write this piece “This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself” than Ryan Prior – who himself recovered from a debilitating mysterious disease. Doug Lindsay’s story is so powerful...