me/cfs

I thought it would be good to start a thread for news and updates from Jarred Younger and his "Neuroinflammation, Pain, and Fatigue Laboratory" at UAB since he is active on Facebook and has a newsletter Link to Facebook page...

Background: Some patients with acute COVID-19 are left with persistent, debilitating fatigue, cognitive impairment (“brain fog”), orthostatic intolerance (OI) and other symptoms (“Long COVID”). Many of the symptoms are like those of other post-infectious fatigue syndromes and may meet criteria...

Abstract Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling multi-system complex disorder with prevalence of 875 per 100,000 (up to 3.4 million people) in the United States. There are no known etiologic or risk factors and no approved treatments for ME/CFS...

Objectives A comparison of the nutritional biomarkers between ME/CFS subjects and healthy controls (HC) was undertaken on secondary data collected from an IRB approved cross-sectional study in ME/CFS patients. Methods ME/CFS participants were recruited per the 2018 revised Canadian Clinical...

I've recently come across the problem of a name for ME/CFS in the Maori language seemingly being created by a translator to be the equivalent of 'chronic fatigue' but using an uncommon word for 'chronic' that can also mean loitering and shirking. (discussed here News from Aotearoa/New Zealand...

Abstract We have previously demonstrated that platelet poor plasma (PPP) obtained from patients with LongCovid/Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is characterized by a hypercoagulable state reflected in hyperactivated platelets and the presence of considerable numbers of fibrin(ogen) amyloid...

Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a serious, complex, and highly debilitating long-term illness. People with ME/CFS are typically unable to carry out their routine activities. Key hallmarks of the disease are neurological and gastrointestinal impairments...

Small adrenal glands in chronic fatigue syndrome: a preliminary computer tomography study Scott LV, Teh J, Reznek R, Martin A, Sohaib A, Dinan TG. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10451910/ Abstract No inclusive or satisfactory biomedical explanation for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has as...

Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a multisystem disease, the pathogenesis of which remains undetermined. We set out to determine the precise abnormalities of gene expression in the blood of patients with CFS/ME. We analyzed gene expression in peripheral blood from 25...

Many people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are too ill to work. But there are some in some professions who may be able to with the right supports. This 2008 US document gives some useful ideas https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbzmju5g8t3ae9o/CFS.pdf?dl=0 Another document...