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I'm getting the Shingles vaccine within the next few years to be safe.

I might have contracted Covid over 2yrs ago when vaccines and tests weren't available. I developed a vestibular neuritis type illness that I'm still struggling with today, possible reactivation of EBV. I'm feeling better and have weeks when I feel back to my baseline, but it...

One mineral can off set the others, there has to be a proper balance. I had below normal levels of ceruloplasmin and ferritin several years ago. I've never had selenium or manganese levels tested, but I was low/below normal on so many other amino acids, fatty acids and vitamins...

The syndrome "occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one of your ears," according to the Mayo Clinic. "In addition to the painful shingles rash, Ramsay Hunt syndrome can cause facial paralysis and hearing loss in the affected ear."...

Merged thread Ron Davis’s ME/CFS Moment: The “Core Technology Disrupter” Gets a Win https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2022/06/09/ron-davis-mecfs-moment-core-technology-disrupter/

Who knew? Thursday is National Long COVID Awareness Day, organized by researchers with the Public Health Agency of Canada to shine a light on the need for better research, and better treatment...

@Arnie Pye This might explain it a little better.

I hope this doesn't involve taking 'natural' blood thinners (bromelain, nattokinase et), unmonitored, and assuming it's safe. Proper testing might not be available and some pwME will experiment on their own. I took bromelain as a potential anticoagulant twenty years ago when...

I had a SED, Fibrinogen, Thrombin Antithrombin Complexes, Soluble Fibrin Monomer, CD62, CD62+ADP, Platelet Activation Index, Prothrombin Fragment 1+2 and Antithrombin Activity test done in 2001 and they all came back normal.

Summary Functional neurological disorder is common in neurological practice. A new approach to the positive diagnosis of this disorder focuses on recognisable patterns of genuinely experienced symptoms and signs that show variability within the same task and between different tasks over time...

Thank god for the BPS. I try to stay away from Yoga Centres because of the high concentration of Tai Chi masters and yoga teachers, they have it in for me. If I had a dime for every time I walked by a pair of Lulu lemons, Sweaty Betties...I'd have Boba for life

Full Title, Morning Exercise Reduces Abdominal Fat and Blood Pressure in Women; Evening Exercise Increases Muscular Performance in Women and Lowers Blood Pressure in Men, 2022, Paul J Arciero et al Well this is really good to know since I go power walking in the evenings. Don't want my BP...

B.C man to receive compensation for vaccine injury one of the first in Canada. The B.C. man was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), which left him partially paralyzed, after a first dose of the Oxford, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in April 2021...

I don't think they take cognitive decline into consideration which may not even be noticeable until years later.

For the record, I drank tons of beetroot juice when I was juicing in the 90s. I'm still 'here'. Abstract Nutritional strategies to prevent endothelial dysfunction following prolonged sitting remain largely unknown. Given that beetroot juice (BRJ) ingestion enhances nitric oxide (NO)...

Full title: Implantable neurostimulators for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension: the wave of the future? and Other updates on recent autonomic research, 2022, Mitchell G. Miglis et al Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is the most aggressive neurodegenerative disease of alpha-synuclein deposition...

Abstract Background: Orthostatic tachycardia (OT) affects some patients after concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). In this study, we sought to identify the factors associated with increased risk for OT in patients with mTBI. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of 268...

Dr.Byron Hyde Non-Infectious M.E. Type Disease: I have not discussed noninfectious M.E.-type disease. Similar M.E phenomena can occur due to CNS injuries from toxic chemical injury. I have seen this in police officers who have fallen into toxic chemical ponds in pursuit of those suspected of...

Dr. Eric Gordon relishing on 'long haul syndrome' and trying to connect the dots based on pseudo science. Highlights include: Preferred tests and labs Why you shouldn’t settle for a “wastebasket diagnosis” The role of underlying imbalances in your immune system Supporting Long Covid "one of...

I'm not sure 'damage' is the right term? I'm referring to PEM, it might be reversible, at least that's what I'm hoping.