Levi
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It's interesting to watch the XMRV testing data from the sticky polls roll in gradually. One thing that sort of jumps out at me; men seem pretty well represented among the XMRV postitives.
http://chronicfatigue.about.com/od/latestresearch/a/women_pain.htm
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/chronic-fatigue-syndrome.cfm#d
It's interesting to watch the XMRV testing data from the sticky polls roll in gradually. One thing that sort of jumps out at me; men seem pretty well represented among the XMRV postitives.
How do you who is a man or women? Men have horrible fibro I have a friend who committed suicide over the pain. He could not do his work for his family any more and they told him it was all in his head. I really think there are so many men out there that have it and just have not been diagnosed yet.
Men do not seek out docs as a norm like women do.
I think ME/CFS is estimated to be approx 2/3 women and 1/3 men.
I think with Autism it's approximately reversed - 2/3 male and 1/3 female
...it was called Yuppie Flu because mostly white, educated, upper middle class women got it. So, researchers were surprised to realize that men and non-white people got it too. They had associated the diagnosis with the demographic most likely to aggressively seek medical care.
Levi, I can't believe you don't want more sticky polls!
Thanks ever so much for that extra detail Athene, that explains so much. I think it fits perfectly with the theory that CFS and autism are ultimately pretty much the same thing...
I've been reading the autism thread and I have to admit, the linkage is sort of a head scratcher. CFS is flu-like, exhaustion and pain causing illness and autism is a developmental disorder; is there even any overlap in symptoms?