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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29464501 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12602-018-9397-8

Note: deals with 'chronic fatigue' rather than specifically looking at ME/CFS - the high baseline level of 'chronic fatigue' in the control group suggests it's a broad definition that's been used. Posting here anyway as my own initiating infection was Giardia...

UK Study showing a link between low vitamin D status and IBS symptom severity. Written by Dr Bernard Corfe Oncology lecturer at University of Sheffield. This piqued my interest. Its calling for more RCT information but suggests that vitamin D status needs to be tested alongside all patients...

I have been reading a lot about BPS and MUS theories lately. Not really because it affects me personally, but because I find these theories weirdly interesting and also a bit shocking to read. I thought it was interesting to look at other MUS categories, to see if we maybe could learn something...

Positive and negative affect mediate the bidirectional relationship between emotional processing and symptom severity and impact in irritable bowel syndrome " Abstract Introduction Individuals with IBS report higher levels of psychological distress compared to healthy controls. Distress has...

Title says it all really. I normally don't have gut issues but due to recent over-exertion I not only crashed but it also brought on a painful, swollen abdomen with constipation, which is now starting to ease off. This pattern has happened to me before, most notably 14 months ago following a...

Teresa Pérez-Berezo, Julien Pujo, Patricia Martin, Pauline Le Faouder, Jean-Marie Galano, Alexandre Guy, Claude Knauf, Jean Claude Tabet, Sophie Tronnet, Frederick Barreau, Maud Heuillet, Gilles Dietrich, Justine Bertrand-Michel, Thierry Durand, Eric Oswald & Nicolas Cenac...