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Research: Muscle sodium overload in patients with ME/CFS

Muscle sodium content in patients with ME/CFS   A German team of researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure levels of sodium in the tissues of the legs of people with ME/CFS and healthy people. Too much sodium can … Continue reading

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Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle disturbances in ME/CFS

Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle disturbances in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), by Klaus J Wirth & Carmen Scheibenbogen in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 19, no. 162 (2021) [doi.org/10.1186/s12967-021-02833-2]   Review abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephaloymelitis (ME/CFS) … Continue reading

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Post-exertional malaise: an exploratory factor analysis

Research abstract: Post-exertional malaise is a cardinal symptom of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome. There are two differing focuses when defining post-exertional malaise: a generalized, full-body fatigue and a muscle-specific fatigue. This study aimed to discern whether post-exertional malaise … Continue reading

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Genetic evaluation of metabolic enzymes in CFS

Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disease that can seriously impair one’s quality of life; patients complain of excessive fatigue and myalgia following physical exertion. This disease may be associated with abnormalities in genes affecting exercise tolerance and … Continue reading

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