Migraine, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia – Low Oxygen, High Lactate Disorders?
Migraine effects 12% of the population (!) or about 40 million people. Two studies suggest as many as 75% of people with chronic fatigue syndrome experience migraines and that most migraines in ME/CFS are undiagnosed. A recent large fibromyalgia study suggested...
Microstructural Havoc: The Immune System, Fatigue and the Brain – An ME/CFS and FM Scenario
We know that hepatitis C patients receiving a strong pro-inflammatory drug (IFN-a) that helps them fight off their viral infections and ME/CFS patients have very similar problems with fatigue and identical problems with their basal ganglia. That suggests that...
Are Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia Immune Exhaustion Disorders?
When we think of immune problems we often think of the immune system going berserk and attacking healthy cells, but recent studies suggest that for many people with ME/CFS and FM the opposite problem – immune exhaustion – may be more of an issue. Find out...
The Ron Davis/OMF Severe ME/CFS Study Turns to the Mitochondria
Something eyebrow raising involving the mitochondria has shown up in the Open Medicine Foundation’s End ME/CFS Severely Ill study. We don’t know what it is or if it will be validated but it’s enough for a mitochondrial expert to report that...
Brian Walitt and the Psychosomaticism of Fibromyalgia: Another Look
Brian Walitt’s belief that ME/CFS and FM are psychosomatic disorder rests on one idea – that cognitive problems found in them don’t mean beans in the real world. Walitt’s recent paper testing that idea left one wondering, however, who’s...StudyME
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