It would be nice and easy if we could assume Tomas et al are the gold standard by which to judge Myhill et al but as I see it, its not the case...
@richie something changed, lets put it like that, wasn't all good though. I gave up nightshades because they were giving me mouth ulcers....
I think its a credible response from Dr Myhill and Dr McLaren Howard. In my experience as a patient who had these tests, this response is correct...
I think it was good that Tomas et al decided to look at this and I hope they will stay interested and keep asking questions as I am sure they are...
Dont Panic ! ;) Not a problem if diagnosis is made on clinical presentation, which I probably should have said, was the case, especially for my...
I dont think Canadian Consensus Criteria are reliable but I have had this test a few times and feel I ought to speak about my experience to...
Hi Chris, thanks for corresponding. I was wondering, could linkage be a possible factor in the statistical anomaly? i.e. could this SNP be...
I periodically have problems with muscular back pain which does not involve the kidneys but can involve the muscles in the lumbar region,...
Given this choice of title, I think the question moves the discussion to a political perspective. In theory it should be informed by clinical...
On a point of information re: mast cells, in case it helps, ME CFIDS of the kind I have is widely regarded as being associated with TH2 shift...
Wow, that's showbiz! IMHO we have to be really careful with these "comorbidities" about how we classify them. For example Lyme is probably...
I should probably have quoted the conclusion of the study on anaphylaxis to show the link with TH2 clearly. Since the anaphylactic mice are in...
Well, I would take the view that some stress models presume a priori that stress causes ME which I dont believe, though stress does undoubtedly...
A key concept in CFS / CFIDS is TH2 shift, which has been proposed by clinician Dr Paul Cheney for decades and others e.g....
This sounds familiar to me Marky and I have heard of other ME CFIDS patients saying they get this. I still get episodes of what I call an...
Purely FYI, I have heard of practices which claim to be able to treat ligament laxity for sports injuries etc under the name of "prolotherapy"....
I agree its problematic. I believe I am not alone in taking the view that this kind of fatigue is probably part of an immune response which is...
IMHO this whole situation exemplifies the problem we have with unspecific criteria, bucket no barrel no builders skip diagnosis and no ability to...
Trying to be helpful on this specific point, having tried to clear up my own muddle about misremembering ventral as opposed to the correct dorsal...
Dorsal, my mistake. Will correct my previous.
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