Tag Archives: severe ME

Natural killer cells in severe CFS

Posted on 05/31/2014 by wames

Abstract Maintenance of health and physiological homeostasis is a synergistic process involving tight regulation of proteins, transcription factors and other molecular processes. The immune system consists of innate and adaptive immune cells that are required to sustain immunity. The presence … Continue reading →

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Severity of infection leads to CFS in adolescents

Posted on 02/18/2014 by wames

Abstract This study focused on identifying risk factors for adolescent post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), utilizing a prospective, nested case–control longitudinal design in which over 300 teenagers with infectious mononucleosis (IM) [aka EBV or glandular fever] were identified through primary … Continue reading →

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Are ME and CFS different illnesses?

Posted on 02/14/2014 by wames

Abstract Considerable discussion has transpired regarding whether chronic fatigue syndrome is a distinct illness from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. A prior study contrasted the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis International Consensus Criteria with the Fukuda and colleagues’ chronic fatigue syndrome criteria and found that the … Continue reading →

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Paralysis in ME

Posted on 08/30/2013 by wames

Study abstract Paralysis is a symptom that is rarely highlighted in the literature for ME, yet is found amongst the most severely ill ME population and even some of those not so severely affected. My wife has experienced it for … Continue reading →

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