The damage to the small nerve fibers in the skin and eyes of people with fibromyalgia has long been assumed to be caused some process in the body. Recent studies, though, suggest that, surprisingly enough, the brain could be trying to protect itself by eliminating nerve fibers in the body.
Dr. Michael Moskowitz used the principle of neuroplasticity to rewire the brain and turn down his 13 year raging and out of control pain response. Then he turned to Jan - a nurse with such structural damage to her back that surgeons would not operate...
Tony Komaroff's wildly popular chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) unifying model paper published in JAMA - the top medical journal in the world - suggests ME/CFS is hypometabolic state brought on by neuroinflammation or is a hibernation-like state.
Remy reviews how Nimodipine or Nimotop may be able to help with the pain, mitochondrial problems, immune system issues and cognitive problems in fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. She examines protocol, doses and cost as relates her experience with the drug.
Jennifer Brea is the second person so far to recover from chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), POTS, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) following surgery to correct craniocervical instability - a condition caused by weak ligaments which cause the head to impact the brainstem.
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