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My son's osteopath, using the Perrin technique, said that one of the diagnostic features of people with ME/CFS is three or four vertebrae which are straightened or flatened.

Moderator note: Post moved from another thread. Not sure this post belongs here but links to genetic mutation: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/opinion/health-secrets-of-the-amish.html According to this article and this one here, Professor Mel Greaves believes that a genetic mutation...

My son had occasional stomach problems when he was younger at 7, 8 and 9 years of age. Mainly in the evenings where he would be screaming in agony and we were told by various doctors that he needed more vegetables. I assume they thought he was somewhat constipated although they never...

This is interesting. What if pesticides/growth hormones/antibiotics used on animals and food are crossing into the blood through a leaky gut. Or what if, when the body is busy fighting a virus some chemicals sneak in through the back door e.g. the gut. Just like a hacker bombards a company's...

This is fascinating. I agree that it is possible for multiple factors to be at play. According to the World Health Organisation We provide easy access to our eco-systems by ingesting food high in pesticides. These pesticides are very resilient as they can last for decades in the soil. Perhaps...

I wonder if it is a combination of factors such as abnormalities in gut biodome, some DNA linked to allergies/eczema/asthma and perhaps an additional complication like an inability to store sufficient amounts of vitamin D. In addition, if individuals are very driven individuals doing lots of...

My son had stomach problems on some occasions when he was younger and later developed ME/CFS. I agree that there are multiple things going on. I also think pesticides might play a part which I have mentioned before. Look what they do to honey bees.

Thank you for your reply. It seemed like such a good theory.

Thank you for the r ply. Oh dear. Seems like a non-starter.

Thanks for the response. Maybe parents do pass on susceptibilities but the issue is exacerbated with modern living. I myself have eczema and an allergy which I may have passed on. I was also born in the sixties and played outdoors a lot but perhaps my life wasn't as intense or competitive as my...

Having read this article on Allergies, The scourge of modern living I found it fitted in with my line of thinking about ME/CFS. I hope I don’t lose the excellent value of the article by summarising it as follows; Food allergies are on the increase in the modern world. Why might something as...

A few years ago I watched a bee 'staggering' around my garden as if it was blind or blind drunk. Some time after that I heard about the negative impact of pesticides on bees that can lead to Colony Collapse Disorder and it was like a Eureka moment as it made total sense. Reading this article...

I see in this article that GWI has similar symptoms to CFS. 'GWI symptoms span several of the body’s principal regulatory systems and include debilitating fatigue, severe musculoskeletal pain, cognitive and neurological problems.'

Following on from my last post, I just wonder if ME/CFC is due to the inability of the body to regulate cortisol levels a bit like diabetes is due to the body's inability to produce/regulate insulin. This could be due to an autoimmune destruction of the cortisol producing cells in the cortex of...

This could then perhaps explain why some individuals are susceptible to CFS while others who experience the same events are not. Many CFS patients have improved only to find that they relapse again. Also, many patients when they have been ill for a number of years with chronic fatigue readjust...

Apologies for the long post. Here are some of my meandering ideas based on the article referred to above - links here: An interview with Dr. Rachel Yehuda in https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-aftermath-trauma/201606/cortisol-and-ptsd-part-1...

I am not sure I follow all of the previous messages but it sounds a little like what I was thinking. The symptoms for PTSD are similar to chronic fatigue. According to an article I read in Psychology today...