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Maybe I am misinterpreting your second point, but there are absolutely unique and consistent dysfunctions of ME/CFS sufferers. One example is severe exertion in
by j374 10y ago
Maybe I am misinterpreting your second point, but there are absolutely unique and consistent dysfunctions of ME/CFS sufferers. One example is severe exertion intolerance - this is not present in most other diseases. Generally, if we exercise more than a small amount we are literally bedridden (sometimes hospitalised) for days or weeks. It's often used as one of the diagnostic criteria. Psychological illnesses generally respond very well to exercise, and ME/CFS doesn't. It's a good way to rule out ME/CFS. There are also consistent immunological abnormalities (low NK cells for example), and recently the metabolomics study.
- cpncrunch 10y ago> but there are absolutely unique and consistent dysfunctions of ME/CFS sufferers But the exercise dysfunction is not consistent. Sometimes it's immediate, sometimes it's 24 or 48 hours later. >Generally, if we exercise more than a small amount we are literally bedridden (sometimes hospitalised) for days or weeks That's the problem - it's not always like that for all patients. >Psychological illnesses generally respond very well to exercise Not exhaustion from stress. (And it's not entirely psychological, there are various types of stress, some physical). You have to get out of this mindset of physical vs psychological. Stress is both. >low NK cells for example That is not consistent, and it is also a feature of stress (which significantly affects NK cells). >recently the metabolomics study. which has not been replicated, and which is showing different results to another metabolics study just released (see discussion on healthrising and phoenixrising).