Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified

Post by dennis_jeeves » Mon, May 06, 2019, 9:24 PM UTC

wavepruner wrote: post #129

GordonS wrote: post #55

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Keep in mind that CFS is a currently a diagnosis of exclusion - many people labelled with CFS may in fact have another, undiagnosed illness. For example, it's been found that a lot of CFS (and fibromyalgia) patients turn out to have small fiber neuropathy (damage to he nerve fibers that signal pain), and neurotoxins have been shown to cause general fatigue (I'm in mobile, so no references for now I'm afraid). The ski…

I found out last year the root cause of my CFS is life-long mercury toxicity (a well understood neurotoxin). I am responding very positively to treatment. I rarely talk about it because people get very upset when I tell them about the evidence of where the mercury came from.

Post by tigershark » Mon, May 06, 2019, 9:38 PM UTC

tigershark wrote: post #152

wavepruner wrote: post #129

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I found out last year the root cause of my CFS is life-long mercury toxicity (a well understood neurotoxin). I am responding very positively to treatment. I rarely talk about it because people get very upset when I tell them about the evidence of where the mercury came from.

Do you eat 20 cans of tuna a day? When I was much younger I ate 1-2 cans of tuna pretty much every day for few years and I didn’t have any ill effect at all.

Post by p1necone » Mon, May 06, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

wavepruner wrote: post #202

zemvpferreira wrote: post #146

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Do tell please, it would be educating for all of us. Hopefully you’ll find a less negative reception in this thread.

I'm already being down voted and I've said nothing but what has been rigorously verified as the root cause of my illness. It's impossible to discuss this intelligently on public forums.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 06, 2019, 9:59 PM UTC

soulofmischief wrote: post #216

GordonS wrote: post #91

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I was diagnosed with CFS after being prescribed an immunosuppressant. I reacted badly to it, developing chronic pain and fatigue, so it's possible that's a vector (I say possible as CFS is a diagnosis of exclusion, and it's highly likely thatany people diagnosed with CFS have some other, undiagnosed condition of which fatigue and pain are a symptom).

Makes sense. CFS, like schizophrenia, is essentially a symptom of some unknown collection of ailments.

Post by specialist » Tue, May 07, 2019, 4:41 AM UTC

wavepruner wrote: post #129

GordonS wrote: post #55

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Keep in mind that CFS is a currently a diagnosis of exclusion - many people labelled with CFS may in fact have another, undiagnosed illness. For example, it's been found that a lot of CFS (and fibromyalgia) patients turn out to have small fiber neuropathy (damage to he nerve fibers that signal pain), and neurotoxins have been shown to cause general fatigue (I'm in mobile, so no references for now I'm afraid). The ski…

I found out last year the root cause of my CFS is life-long mercury toxicity (a well understood neurotoxin). I am responding very positively to treatment. I rarely talk about it because people get very upset when I tell them about the evidence of where the mercury came from.