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Vincent Racaniello on his virology blog summarizes the evidence for HSV as the cause of Alzheimer's:

I had some email conversation with this Alzheimer's researcher, Prof Ruth Itzhaki, about 5 years ago. I contacted her because I knew of her research into the herpes simplex virus (HSV) link to Alzheimer's, and I wanted to let her know about the Pridgen antiviral protocol for fibromyalgia (which...

Not sure if this question has been answered, but here is a list of 32 cervical medullary syndrome (CMS) symptoms I found from various sources: Headache • Neck pain Bobble head Muscle or joint pain • Weak legs • Weak arms or hands • Numb legs and back • Numb arms/shoulders • Unsteady walking...

Of the 53 ME/CFS patients positive for CCI in our survey, 36% experience either transient paralysis (eg, breathing muscles fail) in certain head/neck positions, or a worsening of symptoms in certain head/neck positions. So there is head/neck position sensitivity in some ME/CFS CCI patients...

Of the 53 ME/CFS patients positive for CCI in our survey, 36% experience either transient paralysis (eg, breathing muscles fail) in certain head/neck positions, or a worsening of symptoms in certain head/neck positions. So there is head/neck position sensitivity in some ME/CFS CCI patients...

The range of CXA in the healthy population is 160 to 145, and I believe I saw a paper stating that average CXA in healthy people was 158 (but I cannot find the paper at the moment). So an average of 148 is less than normal. Don't forget that a pathological CXA is just one way that you can have...

Yes, that's right, as I understand it, pathological range craniocervical measurements alone are not sufficient for a CCI diagnosis. Rather the diagnosis of CCI is made via a combination of factors, which includes the patient's craniocervical measurements like CXA, Grabb-Oakes and BAI, but also...

This post has been copied from this thread. If you want to discuss it please do so here. Yes, that's right, as I understand it, pathological range craniocervical measurements alone are not sufficient for a CCI diagnosis. Rather the diagnosis of CCI is made via a combination of factors...

I did not know he authored such a paper; if you happen to have link to it handy, I'd be interested to see it.

I guess it is possible lying flat might improve symptoms in some patients (and some ME/CFS patients with CCI have reported feeling better lying down — though this could also be due to POTS). But I am not sure how common it is for CCI patients to have craniocervical measurements which only...

The NIH website classifies hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome as an inherited connective tissue disorder.

I found a diagram of CSF flow in Wikipedia: Flow of Cerebrospinal Fluid in the Brain and Spine The Swedish study by Bragée et al seems to be a bit of departure from the theories that Dr Fraser Henderson talks about. Whereas Dr Henderson focuses on strain-induced neuronal damage as the basis...

It would be unwise for anyone to be convinced that they have ME/CFS, especially in the early years with the disease, when you are trying to figure out what illness you might have. Many conditions can mimic ME/CFS symptoms, and a diligent patient will consider and get tested for the most common...

According to this article, 19% of neurosurgeons have to deal with one malpractice claim each year. It says that "the vast majority of these claims are resolved in favor of the surgeon".

But what's the point in being right if you don't get say "you see, I told you so"! It takes all the fun away if you cannot say that! One of the ideas some of us had when first contemplating craniocervical instability, Chiari and spinal stenosis in ME/CFS was that it could be the blockage of...

The problem is that no information seems to be available online regarding the procedures and fusion hardware the NHS use in their CCI fusion surgeries. Therefore we have no idea what you would be letting yourself in for if you went to the NHS.

Are you not familiar with what is known as a doctor's sense of humour? Dr B has a great doctor's sense of humour, which has made me laugh on a number of occasions in his videos.

"As far as we know" being the operative phrase. We don't actually know what evidence there is. So we cannot claim that there is none. We would need to do some further investigation into the subject matter. We don't know, but it may simply be by observing during his long career that fusion...

Yes, we had some debate about this, the excerpt from that video suggests that it's only vertical instability which symptomatically improves via cervical traction, but Jeff says that all forms of instability will improve by traction, and I think this may be correct.

At timecode 59:00 of this 2018 video, Dr B talks about traction (pulling the head up), axial loading (pushing the head down), and cervical collars (which immobilize the head). Here are some quotes from Dr B: Dr B says in the 2018 video at 1:00:55: I actually know one ME/CFS patient with...