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Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of, and finding treatments for, complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
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I've long ago concluded that CFS is most likely *either* a chronic viral infection or an autoimmune disorder, or possibly a combination of both. If a treatment such as Rituximab shows benefit in properly conducted trials on a well-defined patient cohort, then it doesn't immediately matter which of the two it is - trials and possibly approved treatments can proceed based on the proven benefit while study continues into the ultimate pathology of the disease. There are quite a number of medications that are approved for various disorders where nobody knows exactly *why* they work, yet.
Its just too weird - chemotherapy drugs make some people with CFS better! You got stronger on chemotherapy! Who gets stronger on chemotherapy....
You've got to have some tough disease to get stronger on chemotherapy! :mask::mask::mask::mask::mask::mask::mask::mask::mask::mask:
Is CFS interesting or what?