“Therefore, in this study, we hypothesize that understanding cortisol patterns in both these syndromes may be a crucial factor in characterizing FMS and CFS.” The authors More than any other substance, cortisol demonstrates how integral a role the stress...
Sustained Stimulation of β2- and β3-adrenergic Receptors Leads to Persistent Functional Pain and Neuroinflammation. Xin Zhang, MD, PhD, Jane E. Hartung PhD, […], and Andrea G. Nackley PhD, PhD. Brain Behav Immun 2018 Oct;73:520-532. doi:...
Two New Zealanders combine neuroinflammation with the HPA axis to produce a unique explanation for ME/CFS and FM. Neuroinflammation, the hypothalamus and a unifying hypothesis Mackay A, Tate WP. A compromised paraventricular nucleus with a dysfunctional hypothalamus:...
The neuroinflammation findings in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalagia (FM), while restricted to a few studies, are still pretty compelling. We know that many, if not all of the symptoms associated with ME/CFS and FM such as fatigue, pain, cognitive...
It’s complex; it causes fatigue, pain, sleep and cognitive problems; it’s underfunded; and it’s not chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) or fibromyalgia (FM) – it’s Gulf War IIlness (GWI) – and it may be more relevant than you think....
Take a look back a ten years of work to scientifically redefine how ME/CFS is researched and treated. Check out the big ground-breaking spinal fluid studies, the “The Peterson Subset”,the illuminating gut and natural killer cell studies, the Vistide report...
