Drs. Ruhoy and Kaufman discuss the many roles connective tissue problems may play in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia and long COVID and how they treat them.
Studies suggest that a branch of the immune system called the complement system may play a key role in long COVID - and perhaps in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as well.
Autoantibodies may be inhibiting thyroid function in chronic fatigue syndrome aka ME/CFS causing fatigue, postexertional malaise, muscle and joint pain, muscle weakness, etc.
THE GIST High blood oxygen levels entering the brain and low blood oxygen levels leaving the brain suggest the brains of ME/CFS patients are sucking up all the energy (oxygen) they can to keep going. Why this is happening isn’t clear. It could be due to low...
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