by Cort Johnson | Aug 11, 2018 | Autoimmune, Homepage, IVIG, POTS
Suzi’s story is the first in a series of blogs exploring the possibility that the autoimmune findings will open the door for IVIG (Intravenous Immunoglobulin) treatment in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromaylgia (FM) and postural orthostatic tachycardia... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 15, 2017 | Blood Volume, Homepage, POTS, Treatment
Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) patients have used saline for years to feel better and recover from relapses. That’s really no surprise. The documented low blood volume in both groups suggests that saline would be... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 23, 2016 | POTS, Supplements, Treatment
Jack was just thirteen years old when he was felled by a cold. All the usual suspects were ruled out and Jack, unable to attend school, entered the nether world of young but very ill. Diagnosed with ME/CFS, his parents were told there was nothing they could do. The... 
by Lauren Stiles | Oct 31, 2013 | Autonomic Nervous System, POTS, POTS, Treatment
“I don’t want anyone to go though what I had to go through.” (Athletic and healthy, Lauren Stiles was suddenly felled by a mysterious illness in the middle of ski trip that left her unable to walk. It took years, but Lauren’s doctors... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 2, 2013 | Autonomic Nervous System, Cardiovascular, De Meirleir, Orthostatic intolerance, POTS, Treatment
When Dr. DeMeirleir first sees a person with chronic fatigue syndrome they often have cold hands, cold feet and low blood pressure – even in people who are overweight – which is, as he put it…’highly abnormal’ and their heart rates are...
