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Merged thread New York Times article 2022 about migraine: For Decades, He Had Strange Episodes of Utter Exhaustion If not exercising could affect the frequency of these spells, so could exercising too hard. After a really long run, there was a good chance he would end up in bed the next day...

Cognitive PEM comes on within a few hours and resolves after I lie down for an hour, physical PEM is delayed in my case and takes days or more depending how much I went over. But one does affect the other so they're related.

Burnout should be taken seriously to remove the assumption that those who have it don't need occupational support. It's not a mental disorder that can be 'treated' with meds or CBT in order to cope.

Merged thread The quest to prevent MS — and understand other post-viral diseases Erin Longbrake, a neurologist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, has thought about how to balance the need for early intervention with the side effects a treatment can bring. Her therapy of choice is...

I don't know where to post this so I'll post here. A friends wife has been suffering from vertigo (no nausea or sickness) for almost 2 months where she stopped lying down and slept in a chair. She went for an MRI(neck and head) last Saturday and nothing was found. She wasn't...

Pathophysiological and cellular abnormalities for PEM would put us all in the same boat and then we can call it what it is. I would personally like a new name for M.E b/c it doesn't really describe my illness.

T cells are important components of adaptive immunity that protect the host against invading pathogens during infection. Upon recognizing the activation signals, naïve and/or memory T cells will initiate clonal expansion, trigger differentiation into effector populations and traffic to the...

I knew a women who got GBS after the Shingles vaccine. She was around 70ish. She was also paralysed and made a full recovery after 3 months.

Are there disruptions in plasma responses in other fatigue syndromes (cognitive and physical)?

Will they be denied disability benefits if they don't comply with 'rehabilitation treatments'?

I see this as the same as saying drink 8 glasses of water a day. Where did 'they' come up with the number 8?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22316329/ Conclusion: After giardiasis enteritis at least 5% developed clinical characteristics and functional impairment comparable to previously described post-infectious fatigue syndrome.

Long Covid isn’t the first illness of its kind — one where a patient has an infection or sickness, but the symptoms never truly go away. Researchers have struggled for years to understand post-viral diseases like myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and dysautonomia, a disorder of...

"Dr. Bakshi started her long-COVID clinic in response to an already growing demand. She allots 90 minutes for each appointment so she has time to understand patients’ individual challenges and what realistic goals they can set"...

After producing vaccines and treatments for acute COVID-19 in record time, researchers and drugmakers are turning to finding a cure for long COVID, a more elusive target marked by hundreds of different symptoms afflicting millions of people. Companies including GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L), Vir...

Burnout isn’t a result of the individual’s inability to cope—it’s about workplace culture, additional workplace challenges, not having control over your environment et

Studies characterizing Orthostatic Intolerance (OI) have primarily focused on a specific subtype (e.g., Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, POTS) treated in tertiary care, yet many with impairing symptoms do not meet subtype criteria. Study 1 used structured coding of electronic medical...

Women are more prone to orthostatic intolerance compared to men and have a greater vasodilatory capacity. We investigated the hypothesis that women would have greater peripheral flow-mediated dilation (FMD) while in the upright posture compared to men, which could contribute to this phenomenon...

Absolutely. A good friend of mines mother visited from Russia back in the mid 80s and hit her head on the ice while skating. She died suddenly 2 days later from the fall.

I ate very healthy before and during PVFS for 5-6 years. I never lost my appetite and was so positive that everyone in my family and friends didn't believe I was even ill. I also gained 7lbs which was a lot for me. My test results (antioxidants, proteins, fats et) were well below normal...