Question: When does a graded exercise study explain why graded exercise is not helpful for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)? Answer: when it employs an exercise test with it. Just as NICE was pulling back on graded exercise therapy (GET) a GET study was...
One of the great questions facing chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is whether many COVID-19 long haulers will come down with an ME/CFS-like condition. Anecdotally, it appears likely that they will. A few, isolated studies are beginning to suggest the same. Recently,...
Autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy is a very rare disease. So why feature it in a blog on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)? Because it could provide a preview of the future. All these diseases...
“No prescriptions, no medicines, no injections. That’s the future. That’s what gets me out of bed in the morning.” Kevin Tracey, MD. Dysautonomia International really scored when they got Kevin Tracey MD to be the keynote speaker at their 2020 Virtual Conference....
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...
The findings are tentative and need to be validated, but if they hold up they could signal a fundamental split between people who’s chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) was triggered by an infection and those who came down with ME/CFS some other way. If your...
