Blood, Sex and Inflammation: Did the IMPACC Study Uncover Core Issues in Long COVID and ME/CFS?
The big IMPACC long COVID study findings suggest that inflammation and reduced male sex hormone levels may be playing havoc with the small blood vessels in long COVID -= and ME/CFS
Connections, Connections – Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, Photophobia and 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...
The Sheffield Talk on Fibromyalgia
Cort talks about hot topics in fibromyalgia research, future treatment possibilities, diagnosis, the difference between chronic fatigue syndrome and FM and more to the Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Association in the UK.
Painfully High Muscle Pressures in Fibromyalgia Put Old Paradigm to the Test
Muscle pressures three times normal in fibromyalgia suggest that reduced blood flows to the muscle are causing pain and fatigue in FM. They also suggest that the central sensitization cannot explain everything in fibromyalgia.
Poor Oxygen Extraction is Contributing to Exercise Intolerance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Poor oxygen uptake from the red blood cells could help explain the exercise issues in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Mitochondrial problems or hyperventilation contribute to the oxygen uptake problem.StudyME
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