Author Archives: wames
#LearnFromME – theme for #WorldMEDay
#LearnFromME on #WorldMEday 2022 is set to be another year of a global health crisis that has caused a wave of post-viral disease, specifically the collection of symptoms known as “Long COVID” which overlap with ME. For decades … Continue reading
Announcing the first ever World ME day – May 12th 2022
#WorldMEday 2022 The World ME Alliance, a collaborative of national organisations from across the globe, is launching World ME Day on 12th May this year. All organisations everywhere are invited to join this effort to raise awareness and campaign … Continue reading
Paediatric long COVID & ME/CFS: overlaps & opportunities
Pediatric long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: overlaps and 0pportunities, by Vikram GR Siberry MS and Peter C Rowe MD in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal: February 4, 2022 [doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000003477] Extracts from Commentary: Zimmermann et al provide … Continue reading
Lessons from ME/CFS for long COVID: “Energy System First Aid” for people with PESE (aka PEM)
Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID Part 3: “Energy System First Aid” for People With Post Exertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in … Continue reading
Treatment research: …restoration using Naltrexone in natural killer cells of ME/CFS patients
Impaired TRPM3-dependent calcium influx and restoration using Naltrexone in natural killer cells of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients, by Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Stanley Du Preez, Hélène Cabanas, Katsuhiko Muraki, Donald Staines & Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Journal of Translational Medicine volume 20, … Continue reading
Pillow writers: International ME/CFS writers’ group
Writing from our ME lives – the Pillow writers An international group of writers with ME and long COVID invite you to join them. Pillow writers is a friendly, supportive encouraging space where we share our thoughts on chronic … Continue reading
Social research: The circuit of symbolic violence in CFS/ME
The circuit of symbolic violence in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) (I): A preliminary study, by Xavier Gimeno Torrent in Health Care for Women International Volume 43, 2022 – Issue 1-3 Research abstract: Objective How can it be … Continue reading
Lessons from ME/CFS for Long COVID: Physiological characteristics… are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation (aka PEM)
Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID Part 2: Physiological characteristics during acute exercise are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in JOSPT, … Continue reading
Case study: ME/CFS post coronavirus disease
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome post coronavirus disease 2019, by Yoshiki Kusama, Sadahiro Fukui, Makiko Maruyama, Katsunori Kamimura, Toshiro Maihara in Paediatrics International Vol 64, no. 1 Feb 2022 [doi.org/10.1111/ped.14976] Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute … Continue reading
Research: Physiological assessment of orthostatic intolerance in CFS
Physiological assessment of orthostatic intolerance in chronic fatigue syndrome by Benjamin H Natelson, Jin-Mann S Lin, Michelle Blate, Sarah Khan, Yang Chen & Elizabeth R Unger in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 20, no: 95 (2022) Research abstract: Background Orthostatic … Continue reading
