{"id":15984,"date":"2018-04-11T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=15984"},"modified":"2018-04-11T07:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T07:28:50","slug":"did-a-multiple-sclerosis-study-give-us-clues-about-me-cfs-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/did-a-multiple-sclerosis-study-give-us-clues-about-me-cfs-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Did a Multiple Sclerosis study give us clues about ME\/CFS & FM?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simmaron Research<\/strong> blog post, by Cort Johnson, 19 March 2018: Did a Multiple Sclerosis study give us clues about ME\/CFS and Fibromyalgia?<\/a><\/h3>\n

Why should a blog focused on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) be interested in multiple sclerosis? Because some distinct similarities exist between the three diseases, and when diseases like ME\/CFS and FM aren\u2019t getting much research, sometimes it pays to pay attention to diseases that are. You never know what insights might open up.<\/p>\n

For the record, while multiple sclerosis is not as disabling as ME\/CFS (yes \u2013 studies indicate that ME\/CFS is more disabling than MS<\/a>), MS is considered one of the most fatiguing diseases known.\u00a0 (Dr. Light\u2019s study actually found more fatigue in MS but much less post-exertional malaise ME\/CFS.)<\/p>\n

A \u201cFatigue\u201d Disorder No More? \u2013 What Multiple Sclerosis Taught Us About Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n

Additionally, MS like ME\/CFS and FM, mostly strikes women in mid-life. Plus, having mononucleosis\/glandular fever increases the risk of coming down with either ME\/CFS or MS and one suspects, FM as well.\u00a0 Infections often trigger relapses in both MS and ME\/CFS. Pregnancy also often brings a respite for women with either MS<\/a> or ME\/CFS (often unfortunately followed by a relapse.) Central nervous system involvement is present in all three diseases. In fact, Simmaron\u2019s spinal fluid study found similar levels of immune dysregulation in ME\/CFS and multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n

Simmaron\u2019s Spinal Fluid Study Finds Dramatic Differences in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n

Lastly, check out an amazing story where an ME\/CFS patient misdiagnosed with MS responded to an MS drug with a complete remission of her symptoms \u2013\u00a0A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome\/POTS Patient Responds to a Multiple Sclerosis Drug \u2013 What Does It Mean?<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the full article<\/a> for a discussion of how research into the hormonal and autoimmune components of MS might through light on ME\/CFS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simmaron Research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 19 March 2018: Did a Multiple Sclerosis study give us clues about ME\/CFS and Fibromyalgia? Why should a blog focused on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME\/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) be interested in multiple sclerosis? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[618,556,783,2328],"class_list":["post-15984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-cort-johnson","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-simmaron-research"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-49O","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16153,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15984\/revisions\/16153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}