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Two day exercise studies suggest that the exercise intolerance and post-exertional malaise or PEM found in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may be unique.
Studies indicate that the nasal congestion and mid-facial pain found in the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is probably not due to inflammation or mast cell activation but instead is probably caused by small nerve fiber problems and dysautonomia.
A 2-day exercise test found people with chronic fatigue syndrome get weaker after exercise while healthy people get stronger. People with ME/CFS had higher lactate levels and reduced energy production on the second exercise test while healthy controls had lower lactate levels and maintained their performance.
A study suggested that the Myhill mitochondrial tests for chronic fatigue syndrome which laid the basis for three studies and Dr. Myhill's treatemnt protocol were inaccurate and should be interpreted "with caution".
How close are we to understanding chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) when we can accurately predict how the greatest stressor of all – exercise – affects ME/CFS patients’ physiology? Nothing, after all, whacks a person with ME/CFS like exercise....
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