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This is such a fascinating area of research. I think it's increasingly clear that there is a common thread tying together conditions like long-COVID, MS and chr
by spangry 4y ago
This is such a fascinating area of research. I think it's increasingly clear that there is a common thread tying together conditions like long-COVID, MS and chronic fatigue syndrome - a long-running and persistent viral infection leading to a chronic immuno-inflammatory response. Other seemingly unlikely diseases such as Alzheimers, depression and even schizophrenia may may have neuro-inflammatory origins too.
This article hints that the persistence of the Epstein-Barr virus might be causing the chronic inflammation. But I wonder if it could instead be due to some sort of non-linear process in the immune-response that causes our immune system to enter a positive feedback loop when it's activated for too long or in a certain way. And perhaps the therapy for this would be to suppress the immune system for some period of time to allow it to abort this feedback loop, perhaps something like this: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/patients-resorting-to-worm-therapy-to-treat-autoimmune-diseases https://www.healthline.com/health-news/patients-resorting-to...