Much of what we think of as infections is actually the immune system reacting to the invader, think runny nose, fever. It follows that an...
In our local hospitals patients who smoke are routinely given patches when they are admitted. I think there are worries that the flavourings in...
The fact they miss, which is the great big elephant in the room, is the the majority of people with ME don't think they have cancer or heart...
I was surprised that Carol Monaghan's story of the 8 year old being left in a wheelchair by NHS treatments did not make the headlines. It has...
Interstitial cystitis is described as a somatizing disorder because they cannot grow any bacteria from samples. Just recently it has been shown...
In the 14 years before before CFS was invented I never once told a doctor I felt fatigued. Neurological problems and the toxic feeling you...
I can't find where this was said, I thought it was the GMC, but it could have been somewhere else. It chilled me at the time. When talking about...
Quite simply, the value of a researcher to a university is the number of papers published. The quality and usefulness of the research is of no...
Actually, he does not do that. He says that ME is a real illness, not a psychological condition. The BPSers insist they do not think we are...
When they first started I wondered why they did not leave ME alone and just concentrate on people with fatigue. Simply having fatigue is dreadful...
So not having a mental disorder is proof that you have a mental disorder.
I was completely white headed by the time I was 24. My husband has never looked his age. He has pushed me in my wheelchair since I was 35. Imagine...
The phone surveys I am thinking about found people who did not realise they were ill. They only asked if people had felt more fatigued than usual...
I recently read this book "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker who runs sleep lab research. It impressed me because everything was objective, for...
Like many people, I had an infection from which I never recovered so there is no recall bias involved. Remembering whether you had a childhood...
I can't remember who said it, but it makes a very important point. The PACE authors insist that changes to the recovery criteria were OK because...
The CDC may be better now, but their research is very dodgy. They used the "Reeves operationialised definition of ME" which was, well who knows,...
I think so too, but who would believe us, eh. I am overweight so seem typical type 2 but it is because of no exercise, my diet has always been...
Morton's neuroma is a disease of middle age and that is when I got it :) Supportive shoes have get it under control for about 14 years now. I...
I have morton's neuroma which feels like a pad of cotton wool under the middle toes. It only gets painful when I walk in unsupportive shoes. I now...
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