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I know we discussed this before but I thought I would bring it up here if that's ok. Who gets the flu or a cold? I don't know for sure if I've ever had the flu or a cold. The first 12 years never. But as ME went on I can't really say for sure if how I felt was from the flu or a cold...

There are most likely some pwME who are infected with enterovirus. I would imagine that they would need many tissue samples in various areas of the gut to detect it. Have you seen the discussions on this thread

This was posted by Dr. Nutt today Should recreational cannabis be legalized in the UK? Published today LINK

Taking tissue samples from lungs from LC patients could produce answers. But I'm not so sure tissue samples(except the brain) is going to produce anything useful for pwME? Dr. Chia took gut samples from pwME for enterovirus but I'm not sure he found anything? My best friend was a...

The UK is just like Canada. The Premier of my province once told reporters "there are plenty of jobs out there" when asked about increasing financial disability supports that are below the poverty line so persons with disability can afford food and rent. He said it's been shown that working...

Kendall praised projects in Leicester and at the Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell, in south-east London, which offered employment support - such as training on CV writing and interviews - to people with serious mental health conditions, including on hospital wards. "The results of getting people...

Possibly. Wouldn't the length of time after viral onset be a factor? I had all the PCR testing done 10yrs after ME onset. From one of references above (LINK) "Treatment with antivirals or combinations of antivirals and immune-modulating agents during acute COVID-19 may also prevent PASC...

I've never had a fever in 33 years of ME and I've experienced a lot of viral infections. My ME onset was a sudden viral onset, sore throat/ear vertigo. high antithyroid antibodies, strep throat but never a fever. I never had a fever when I contracted COVID 2 years ago and I was quite...

I had multiple PCR tests done during a period when I felt 'viral'. Nothing was detected. My lymphocytes were well below reference range- CD8 at the lowest. The virologist was only concerned about my very low CD8 count, not reactivating or viral persistence.

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As a coroner calls for better treatments and training in chronic fatigue syndrome, a mother tells of her battle for her child's symptoms to be taken seriously Paperwork shows the consultant wrote in his referral letter that “Angus’ perception of severity of his symptoms is more than they...

My ME doctor took a hiatus in 2001 after seeing ME patients for over 20 years. He told me that all our records are going in the basement and that he is now focusing his practice on people with diabetes.

Abstract Psychedelics have robust effects on acute brain function and long-term behavior but whether they also cause enduring functional and anatomical brain changes is unknown. In a placebo-controlled, within-subjects, electroencephalography, and magnetic resonance imaging study in 28...

I've been taking vitamin D supplements daily for over 20 years and I'm not so sure it helps me. I haven't had my levels tested for years because they are no longer testing unless we are diabetic or over the age of 70. What I've noticed every summer is that I tend to feel much worse the day...

Gunasekaran Ramanathan Background: Earlier studies have suggested that Sunlight and vitamin D are related to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the link between sunlight exposure and risk factors for CVD has not been adequately investigated. Dyslipidaemia is a major risk factor for CVD we aim to...

Musician Shaun Ross Video This isn’t a sympathy reach or anything like that, just me simply sharing my journey with long COVID and how life is today. I receive tons of comments from people I know and others I don’t about my appearance and weight gain, so I wanted to take the time to talk about...

From musician Shaun Ross: I’ve gotten a lot of comments about weight gain etc and I’m fine with my appearance, but unfortunately others think otherwise. Here is my story on how I got POTS from Long Covid this isn’t a sympathy post. I just wanted to share some knowledge on my life and how it’s...

Who's going to fund Ozempic? It's very expensive. Perhaps they should start investigating why people have become mysteriously disabled in the last 4-5 years?

Health secretary announces trials to assess impact of medicines such as Ozempic on worklessness A study by Health Innovation Manchester and the pharmaceutical firm Lilly would examine weight loss drugs’ impact on worklessness, said the Telegraph The health secretary wrote: “Our widening...

The only herb I recognize on that list is Astragalus. It's described as an "adaptogen". I took this in combination with a couple of other herbs and it gave me the same effect as Amitriptyline that was prescribed to me by an ME specialist. I had to stop taking it after 2 weeks because it me...