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The Relevance of Research on Critical Illnesses for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ME/CFS: A vicious cycle between cytokines, oxidative stress and thyroid hormones

by Dominic Stanculescu | Jul 24, 2019 | Cytokines, Homepage, Oxidative Stress, Thyroid, Thyroid

This is the third of a series of posts on non-thyroidal illness syndrome, NTIS – a pattern of altered thyroid hormone activity often present in severe trauma and critical illness. A recent study suggests NTIS may be present in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)...

The Atypical Thyroid Issues in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Plus a New Thyroid Subset?

by Cort Johnson | Mar 4, 2019 | Homepage, HPA axis, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Thyroid

Problems with the thyroid – the “gas pedal of the body”, as Dr. Teitelbaum calls it – seem to make sense given the fatigue, exercise and other problems found in ME/CFS and FM. Assessing and treating the thyroid, though, is one area where the...