I suppose it's possible but I wonder as to mechanism. E.g. I was wondering if Mc/My ran a test on controls vs ME and did the ME batch after the...
I do find it hard to believe that if Mc/My have found regular ME/control differences it's all down to processing time. Just seems bizarre that...
Great post. I get so frustrated when I think people of integrity are not getting together to hammer things out. Relative waste of two teams' talents.
I do see your point and there is the problem with WHO, which you rightly point out. As I see it ME encephalopathy = one less thing to be...
Fair point. I have fallen into the ME patients' trap of associating "syndrome" with "unexplained". You are right. I do think my point about...
i believe CS is politically wise inn this matter. The trouble is that SM had dorsal root ganglionitis which is not encephalomyelitis. We already...
Diagnostic tests for a syndrome is a bit of a word game anyway. What gets diagnosed? Is the syndrome being explained by the test and therefore no...
https://globallymealliance.org/news/can-biomarkers-be-used-to-diagnose-stages-of-lyme-disease/ Some interesting observations on CRP in Lyme....
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Agree 100%. I am e.g. careful of e.g. LDN. Some antibiotics are anti inflammatory so maybe that could cover both risks.
Sorry overlooked this question. Chronic asymptomatic infection, should be understandable. Who would want to argue about that? Maybe the SMC.
If it's still there it's chronic and refractory to ab-x. Problem is how to prove it's still there except by symptoms, which might be due to...
There certainly are.
I think we should go for consistency. Stages defined by usually accompanying symptoms (fuzzy boundaries) Chronic according to length of infection...
You may have chronic Lyme PRE-ab-x, surely? You can have it chronically before you even get a diagnosis. Post ab-x either ongoing infection,...
Hello Mij, Would you allow/agree with the diagnosis "chronic Lyme/borreliosis" ever? E.g untreated cases of long duration, treated cases which...
https://ajp.amjpathol.org/article/S0002-9440(17)30894-5/pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8968890/
The spirochete may nevertheless be present even if symptoms arise via other mechanisms. I do not think "antibiotic refractory" and "chronic" are...
When does "chronic" start? How long do you have to have it before it is "chronic"? Does "chronic" mean "long term" or "without resolution post...
Exactly. As to CFS vs ME it all drives me insane because you can be very ill with sth called CFS or sth called ME and a syndrome is just a...
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