Convergence – How Gut, Immune and Metabolic Issues May be Producing PEM in ME/CFS
We know the gut is in play in some way in ME/CFS. Gut symptoms are common and studies have evidence of dysregulated gut flora and leaky gut (gut bacteria in the blood). The big question, though, is what it all means. We know that gut issues have the potential to...
Inflammation, Epstein-Barr Virus and Exercise Intolerance in Long COVID
“MAJOR ARTICLE” It was good to see a study from a major medical university exploring exercise capacity in long COVID and appearing in a prominent medical journal. The Journal of Infectious Diseases gave it the headline “MAJOR ARTICLE”. It came...
Immune Disease? Neutrophils on the Attack in Fibromyalgia
“These data demonstrate that neutrophils are fundamental for the development of chronic widespread pain through the infiltration of peripheral sensory ganglia.” The authors There isn’t a lot of fibromyalgia research going on and the field has gone...
Profound Immune Dysregulation and Inflammation Found in Long COVID – but no Autoimmunity
Recently, Health Rising posted a review of an Amy Proal – Tim Henrich interview which noted the formation of a highly active group of researchers at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) dedicated to solving long COVID. The group – called...
Could the Kynurenine Pathway Be Causing ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID?
These metabolic pathways can really be something. Pathways by their nature can be kind of all-encompassing. We could think of the bigger ones like major rivers that send out tributaries that affect multiple systems. Tryptophan and the kynurenine pathways are one of...StudyME
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