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    Interplay between genetics and lifestyle on pain susceptibility in women with fibromyalgia: The al-Ándalus project, 2021, Estévez-López et al

    Thanks for the clarification - obviously I am confused and early morning is not my best time for sussing anything . It has been a long night! Can you further enlighten me ? When a gene multi tasks and does have more than 1 role , do we know fully what it is responding to -is this the RS...
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    Is Central Sensitisation the Missing Link of Persisting Symptoms after COVID-19 Infection?, 2021, Goudman et al

    Similar to FND which seems to be going down the tick box symptom list: the fact that many symptoms correlate to other conditions seems lost.
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    Interplay between genetics and lifestyle on pain susceptibility in women with fibromyalgia: The al-Ándalus project, 2021, Estévez-López et al

    Mmmm COMT has many functions and impacts many processes. Inflammation, detoxification , cardiovascular, energy production as well as neurotransmitter synthesis.... seratonin and estrogen have roles in pain mediation ( and cohort is female - so was time on menstrual cycle controlled for?). I...
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    Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in a Danish Population-Based Study—DanFunD, 2021, Bjerregaard et al

    Chicken or egg? Does insulin resistance not underpin the grehlin and leptin dysregulation which effectively removes the " set point" margins on appetite control and affects fat deposition. From memory once this goes you could be on reduced calorie intake and still divert a proportion to fat...
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    UK: Priority Setting Partnership for ME/CFS

    2155 respondants as of this morning !!
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    Sound familiar ?
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    https://www.longcovidkids.org/so/28Nsi9OfY?languageTag=en#/main
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    https://www.longcovidkids.org/so/28Nsi9OfY?languageTag=en&s=09#/main
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    Covid-19 vaccines and vaccinations

    There is a huge discrepancy between Scotland and England in lab testing for Omicron. You might find better confidence intervals with Scottish data. English labs do not have enough capability to pick up s type gene drop out - a kind of first pass marker for Omricon. Figures have been bandied...
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    Functional neurological disorder: Engaging patients in treatment, 2021, O'Neal, Dworetzky and Baslet

    Already happening here.
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    Shame in the treatment of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: The elephant in the room, 2021, Myers et al

    Shameless
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    The secondary school experiences of pupils with chronic fatigue syndrome; A retrospective account from young adults aged 18-25 (Winter 2020-2021)

    I do wonder how many who are other than mildly affected will be able to.participate. School can be a significant cause of relapse/ worsening so research would be valuable.
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    What differentiates ME/CFS from known primary mitochondrial diseases; could mitochondrial disease cause PEM?

    @lunarainbows ?
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    “There’s Nothing Wrong With You”: Pain-Related Stigma in Adolescents With Chronic Pain, 2021, Wakefield et al

    How much is misdiagnosis? Or a lack.of investigation? My friends daughter had ongoing back pain blamed on heavy schoolbag . This went on for 12 months. 2 physios failed to make much impact. She could not sit long enough to do any more than 40mins at a time. School were verging on school...
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    UK: Priority Setting Partnership for ME/CFS

    There have been over 1700 responses as of this morning. The survey closes on 13th December
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    UK NICE 2021 ME/CFS Guideline, published 29th October - post-publication discussion

    One of the responses
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    UK: Priority Setting Partnership for ME/CFS

    I don't know what the process is - no doubt that is something which can be confirmed.
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    The Interoceptive Sensitivity and Attention Questionnaire: Evaluating aspects of self-reported interoception in patients with [PPS]..., 2021, Bogaerts

    Perhaps we should have a thread for what an ME/CFS bodysuit might comprise/ seek to capture . Surely worthy of a thesis study somewhere ?
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    UK: Priority Setting Partnership for ME/CFS

    One aspect of the PSP which will be useful going forward is that all data will be made available for use by others. There were many responses to the initial survey that were outwith the scope of the project - concerns re medical education , difficulties accessing benefits , issues accessing...
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    Sexual Desire, Depressive Symptoms and Medication Use Among Women With Fibromyalgia in Flanders, 2021, Van Overmeire et al

    I would guess the latter option ....
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