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Sounds like early testing for pwME back in 1999.

Hong Kong team develops test for long Covid so recovered pts can tell if trouble lies ahead: https://www.todayonline.com/world/chinese-university-hong-kong-team-develops-test-risk-long-covid-1870026

Rowing performance may be enhanced by attenuated metabolic acidosis following bicarbonate (BIC) supplementation. This study evaluated the dose of BIC needed to eliminate the decrease in plasma pH during maximal ergometer rowing and assessed the consequence for change in plasma volume. Six...

He has an imaginary audience. Egocentric Bias is defined as: the tendency for an individual to rely too heavily on one’s own perspective and/or have a higher opinion of one’s self than reality merits.

He's unable to see outside of himself, and dismisses anyone who doesn't share his experience.

Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the joints. The multifactorial etiopathogenesis of RA has been heavily investigated, but is still only partially understood. Diet can represent both a risk factor and a protective factor, based on some evidence...

A response from one of the authors to my question: "Thanks for this question. It is essential a heated foot spa using a foot bath with temperature control and only feet and ankles are submerged in the bath water". I call this hydrotherapy. This was enjoyable after work when I worked for a...

What is ankle bathing? Is this similar to contrast bathing? Comparison of the acute effects of ankle bathing versus moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on vascular function in young adults, 2022, Cho et al Abstract We examined the efficacy of ankle bathing versus aerobic exercise to...

Negative vaccine experience from a 51 yr old women in Auckland, New Zealand. https://www.realnotrare.com/post/lee-buckingham

Summary Orthostatic hypotension is a cardinal feature of multiple-system atrophy. The upright posture provokes syncopal episodes that prevent patients from standing and walking for more than brief periods. We implanted a system to restore regulation of blood pressure and enable a patient with...

Background: To explore the clinical characteristics and prognosis of autonomic dysfunction and paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity(PSH), and evaluate the efficacy of drugs used to suppress PSH episode in anti-NMDAR encephalitis patients. Methods: Patients who met the diagnostic criteria of...

Salt from the autonomic perspective, 2022, William P Cheshire - editorial https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566070222000297?dgcid=author#bb0005

Abstract Background: Patients with PASC often report symptoms of orthostatic intolerance and autonomic dysfunction. Numerous case reports link Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) to PASC. No prospective analysis has been performed. Objective: We performed head-up tilt table (HUTT)...

Merged thread New York Times article 2022 about migraine: For Decades, He Had Strange Episodes of Utter Exhaustion If not exercising could affect the frequency of these spells, so could exercising too hard. After a really long run, there was a good chance he would end up in bed the next day...

Cognitive PEM comes on within a few hours and resolves after I lie down for an hour, physical PEM is delayed in my case and takes days or more depending how much I went over. But one does affect the other so they're related.

Burnout should be taken seriously to remove the assumption that those who have it don't need occupational support. It's not a mental disorder that can be 'treated' with meds or CBT in order to cope.

Merged thread The quest to prevent MS — and understand other post-viral diseases Erin Longbrake, a neurologist at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, has thought about how to balance the need for early intervention with the side effects a treatment can bring. Her therapy of choice is...

I don't know where to post this so I'll post here. A friends wife has been suffering from vertigo (no nausea or sickness) for almost 2 months where she stopped lying down and slept in a chair. She went for an MRI(neck and head) last Saturday and nothing was found. She wasn't...

Pathophysiological and cellular abnormalities for PEM would put us all in the same boat and then we can call it what it is. I would personally like a new name for M.E b/c it doesn't really describe my illness.