Although fatigue has traditionally been scorned in medical research. studies show that ME/CFS – the “chronic fatigue syndrome” – is significantly more functionally disabling than multiple sclerosis, heart failure, diabetes, depression, and...
Both chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) have received far more attention than fibromyalgia regarding long COVID. Despite the large overlap between fibromyalgia (FM) and ME/CFS, and the fact that FM can be triggered...
The fact that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus enters cells through the same receptor that studies have implicated in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) paradox found in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has always been a bit eerie. Two studies suggest that the...
The gut may seem distant from the main source of action in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) but more and more studies suggest that gut problems can affect everything from the cardiovascular system to the immune system to the brain. The gut is...
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill The times they are a-changing. The pandemic has altered the way we work and live, given a huge boost to telemedicine, practically birthed a new research field (post-infectious diseases), underscored...
They were the “original gangster” (OG) in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). At one point in time, enteroviruses were pretty much “it” in ME/CFS. Indeed, the ME/CFS outbreaks from the 1930s to 1960s resembled nothing so much as atypical...
