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What Are The Most Important Things To Remember About CFS/FM?

While Dr. Charles Lapp has good information to share about ME/CFS he is a proponent of exercise, GET, which has been proven to be potentially dangerous for PWM.  In this article he states… “Make a daily low level exercise program a priority.”  Please be very cautious taking this advice from any doctor and keep in …

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Muscle Spasms andTremors

: Spasms, fasciculation (worm-like or “crawling” muscles), cramping, myoclonus (brief jerking movements, especially at night), tremors and other neurological symptoms are actually fairly common in CFS/ME/FM. Muscular phenomena (spasms, fasciculation, and cramping) are usually due to reflexive muscle problems. That is, CFS/ME and FM cause muscle to tighten up, but high levels of tension can …

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Is CFS/ME An Immune Disorder?

“…the answer is “yes, and no.”    Autoimmunity is certainly part of the CFS/ME/FM conundrum, but the disorder also affects the central nervous system, endocrine system, the muscles, and other areas. Some of the first abnormalities noted in PWCs were immunological in origin, namely an increased incidence of autoantibodies, low immunoglobulins, poor NK cell activity, activated …

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Does “Brain Fog” Ever Go Away?

“As with most CFS symptoms, cognitive dysfunction waxes and wanes. One report suggests that IQ falls during a flare of cognitive dysfunction, and our personal experience is that memory, attention, processing speed, and other parameters also decline during a flare or relapse.   The good news is that cognition improves as one recovers from CFS, and …

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Should You Consider A Gluten-Free Diet?

” In the early 1990’s, Dr. Cheney and I performed gastrointestinal studies on PWCs who complained of abdominal distress.  We found that a number of patients had abnormal small intestinal biopsies showing intestinal cells with short villi.  These villi are used for absorbing nutrients, among other things, and are typically short in a disorder called “celiac …

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Clarify Staying Within the Anaerobic Threshold

“The formula you used [Heart Rate at AT = 0.6 (230-age in years) ] provides the ESTIMATED heart rate at anaerobic threshold…he ACTUAL threshold can only be determined by Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing, which is expensive and not readily available. My advice to you is to keep up the walking and avoid prolonged periods of HR …