” 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 …
Butterfingers
“Several studies have confirmed a sort of “feedback failure” with respect to muscle contraction and hand-eye coordination in CFS/ME/FM. PWCs believe that they have a good grip on objects, but drop them anyway; they reach for an object but misjudge and knock it over; or they struggle to put one foot in front of another. …
Treatments for Insomnia
” Most experts on ME/CFS agree that sleep disruption is the one symptoms that should be addressed first. Sleep allows the tired achy muscles to recover; and lack of sleep increases pain and fatigue. There are many ways to approach insomnia, starting with good sleep habits, especially winding down, choosing a schedule and fixed wake …
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 …
What About HBOT?
According to Dr. Charles Lapp “Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been shown to be helpful for PWCs provided it is administered in a “solid chamber”…Solid chamber HBOT has been shown to be effective for symptomatic relief of CFS. The problem is that the relief is short lived, and treatments need to be done once or twice …
Paleo-Ketogenic: the Why and the How: Just what this doctor ordered by Dr. Sarah Myhill
Paleo-Ketogenic: the Why and the How: Just what this doctor ordered by Dr. Sarah Myhill
What happens when you have a disease doctors can’t diagnose TED Talk with Jennifer Brea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb3yp4uJhq0
Burn Out to Brilliance. Recovery from Chronic Fatigue TedX with Linda Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oht0-qKeUGE
Dr Myhill On Treatment For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnVCfZjSDg4
Abilify Shows Promise in Retrospective Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Study
https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2021/03/09/abilify-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-promise/