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A neuro-inflammatory model can explain the onset, symptoms and flare-ups of ME/CFS

A neuro-inflammatory model can explain the onset, symptoms and flare-ups of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Angus Mackay in Journal of Primary Health Care 11(4) 300-307 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1071/HC19041]   Abstract: A neuro-inflammatory model is proposed to explain the onset, symptoms … Continue reading

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Adolescent’s descriptions of fatigue, fluctuation and payback in CFS/ME

Adolescent’s descriptions of fatigue, fluctuation and payback in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME): Interviews with  adolescents and parents, by Roxanne M Parslow, Nina Anderson, Danielle Byrne, Alison Shaw, Kirstie L Haywood, Esther Crawley in BMJ Paediatrics Open Vol 2, #1, December 4, 2018 What this study hopes … Continue reading

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Postexertion ‘crash,’ not fatigue per se, marks CFS

Medscape Medical News article, by Miriam Tucker, November 04, 2016: Post exertion ‘Crash,’ not Fatigue per se, Marks Syndrome Article extract: The name “chronic fatigue syndrome” is being phased out not just because it is viewed as trivializing a condition that renders … Continue reading

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CFS flare-ups caused by straining muscles and nerves

University of Birmingham press release, by Alicia Rohan, 18 July 2016: Chronic fatigue syndrome flare-ups caused by straining muscles and nerves A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine … Continue reading

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