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If you look at the research (e.g. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395696000507 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002239569
by cpncrunch 9y ago
If you look at the research (e.g. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395696000507 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395696...) most people report a viral infection and stressful events (more people report stress than virus).
Bear in mind that infections are physiologically stressful (http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vim.2005.18.41 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vim.2005.18.41) in that they activate the HPA axis in the same way that a psychological stressor does.
>a malfunctioning immune system seems a cofactor. Impaired T cells have been hypothesized..
But there has to be a reason for that suddenly happening. And it doesn't explain patients who didn't have a viral infection at onset, or those who don't have ongoing EBV (or other) infections...