That's if we know what environmental factors to look for. It might vary by exposure to industrial chemicals, which might not necessarily be...
I don't know specifics and haven't researched it myself, but as a starting point, I just asked claude.ai, and this seems like a significant...
That's totally possible, thanks for the perspective. One of my main objections would be that it as far as I can tell, there is no evidence of...
CDC: Notes from the Field: Long COVID Prevalence Among Adults — United States, 2022 Prevalence of reported experience of Long COVID among...
To add a bit, if my reasoning for it being unlikely that multiple different pathogens can be the root cause has some merit, then COVID would...
You should be able to click the title in my last message. But here's the URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7290765/
Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Burden of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Across Europe: Current Evidence and EUROMENE...
Yes, I don't think there's anything special about ME in this regard. Different genetics among the population could let the environment mess us up...
That's true, and I think the work should continue. But I think we should hedge our bets in case it is significantly environmental because trying...
I don't discount random internal events, and would be happy to say "genes + environment + random internal events" is the cause. Though, I don't...
I wanted to make a thread for environmental causes of ME because I have very high certainty (Edit: changing to "fairly high certainty") that the...
Link to S4ME thread on paper ---- Younger also mentioned that a group in the UK is planning a study testing FMT in ME/CFS. I couldn't find it in...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1526590024004553 Abstract Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex and poorly understood disorder...
I might not be using the terminology correctly. Abnormality may be what I mean to say.
I'm not 100% sure what you mean by abnormal response, but presumably even that would theoretically produce a biomarker. Whether an altered set of...
Over 10 years ago was the last time I had significant facial/vocal tics. This was during my worst depression/anxiety/fatigue, all significantly...
Dianna Cowern (Physics Girl) might be experiencing some benefit. [MEDIA]
I love these! Thank you, and thanks to MIRAME arts. I'll share.
Wow, I forget sometimes how bad it can get, but I can see how a simple blood draw can turn into something terrible. Hopefully some possible ways...
I don't know too much about the history of MS. What's the comparison to this? Elderly people is a good thought. On a somewhat related note, why...
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