Dr. Komaroff (in 2018) briefly discusses the 2017 paper by Halpin P., et al. [MEDIA] https://youtu.be/VprqU9knS4Y?t=1533
There was a 2017 paper by Williams, Ariza, et al. that seems to have been a precursor to these findings (Nancy Klimas was also an author on that...
Why is it that, when I think of Edward Shorter's hypotheses, I'm reminded of this scene from "The Naked Gun"? [ATTACH]
I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, but I have found this type of corded "stick" vacuum shown below to be very effective, especially in...
I got migraines without visual aura in the first year of the illness. Years later, and to this day, I occasionally get visual aura without...
If nothing else, I would suspect that the death rate from covid varies from country to country*. In countries where the death rate is higher, you...
I think a big part of the problem is that (so far as I know) ME/CFS is not reportable (at least not in the US). Another factor is that,...
I ran across this 2018 article by Drs. Nath and Johnson while googling "postinfectious process," because that's the term that I was diagnosed with...
I'm not sure that this is a great visual metaphor, but it is an example of a "trap" in which the more you struggle to get out, the the tighter the...
On the flip side, sickle cell anemia has some protective advantage against malaria (mainly in very young children), which is why SCA is more...
Wasn't it Nietzsche who said, "When you look down the barrel of the ME/CFS gun and disarm it, the trite metaphor also looks into and disarms you"?...
This is why I rely on HDD's and USB flash drives instead of SSD's. ;)
It would be a pity if Paul Garner's physicians did not collect and store samples of his blood, spinal fluid, microbiome, etc. during the phase of...
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Apparently, "somatosensory dependence" is a term for a shift away from primarily using visual information to maintain balance and towards using...
True - the notion of "severity" is no doubt relative. I'd certainly guess that the vast majority of the people who develop post-infectious ME are...
These two observations mentioned in the NYT article seem like a bit of a conundrum: [my bolding] Perhaps the severity of initial acute symptoms...
Lunulas on all of my fingers... but only on the large toes. Lunulas are absent on any of the 8 smaller toes. Maybe this is typical. I don't know....
Dr. Hyde from the interview: He says that, as opposed to polio, which injures the nerve endings of the anterior part of the spinal cord, the...
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