by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2023 | Basal Ganglia, COVID-19, Gut, Homepage, Interferons, long COVID, Metabolism, Research, Serotonin, Tryptophan, vagus nerve
A massive study suggested that infection triggered low serotonin levels in long COVID and other post-infectious disease may play a key role in these diseases.
by Cort Johnson | Oct 12, 2023 | Autonomic Nervous System, Diagnosis, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Homepage, Inflammation, Leaky gut, Mast cell activation syndrome, Mast cell activation syndrome, Microbiome, POTS, Ruhoy, Small Intestine Bowel - Overgrowth
Two doctors discuss the seven distinguishing factors that tie diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, POTS, long COVID, joint hypermobility syndrome together.
by Cort Johnson | Aug 28, 2023 | Anti-CGRP Antagonists, Brain, Brainstem, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Gender, Gut, Homepage, Hypoxia, Limbic System, Metabolism, Migraine
It’s amazing sometimes what you see if you look. A blog on the causes and possible treatments for the very troubling photophobia, or light sensitivity, that some experience turned into a deep dive into migraine and its similarities to diseases like chronic...
by Cort Johnson | Aug 10, 2023 | Fecal transplants, Gut, Homepage
With the gut microflora (the gut-brain axis) able to affect the brain and cognition and with dysregulated gut microflora implicated in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) – not to mention diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s...
by Cort Johnson | Jul 19, 2023 | Cytokines, Gut, Immune, Inflammation, Leaky gut, Neuroinflammation, Research
Immune, gut, and metabolic problems may be conspiring together to produce the fatigue and post-exertional malaise in chronic fatigue syndrome; i.e. ME/CFS
by Cort Johnson | Jun 26, 2023 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Gut, Homepage, Mast cell activation syndrome, Mast cell activation syndrome, Recovery stories, Supplements
All eight of Health Rising’s recent recovery stories have featured different approaches thus far and so it goes with Amber’s story. Everything is different with Amber – she is different – and her pathway to wellness is different. Amber’s...