What about the possibility of it being defective HIV? A vast majority of people exposed test negative. HIV loses it ability to infect CD4s very quickly but maybe its possible it can lie latent and provoke autoimmune responses. Viruses are not zero or one. They have different abilities to infect depending on how potent they are. Any ideas ?
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@nbutt2, CFS has been around a lot longer than hiv so it seems unlikely but until it is totally discredited scientifically, then i suppose it is a possible theory.
In the most part however, it is with some confidence that I will state that the largest group of people suffering CFS have Staphlyococcus as the culprit. I also believe the 'toxin' causing the immune system activation which results in its eventual dysfunction is PIA a polysaccharide.
PIA causes the immune system to 'over react' to other substances resulting in allergies, asthma, toxin sensitivities, food intolerances etc. the amount of PIA a staph bacteria produces is dependent on its genetic makeup, its exposure to antibiotics and the amount of sugar it is able to consume as well as other factors.
Personally, I believe I have been battling this a lot longer than I realised and it hit me really hard when I picked up this clindamycin resistant strain of staph ..... apparently this strain is the same genotype as MRSA or golden staph. Hence the severity of the 'crash' when it entered my system ....
I suppose I am close to normal. I do however have reactive arthritis, although the pain has gone, kidney damage muscle cramps and neuropathy ... but I now go to the gym every day again and my strength is pretty good but my stamina isn't there yet. I do however feel better after exercise or a workout again. My urologist said my prostate is back to normal for somebody my age ..... he had never seen that happen before with someone diagnosed with prostatitis.
There are a lot of people who have contacted me and are now chasing Staphlyococcus as the culprit and are having good results. But until somebody smarter than me proves it in their lab, my research and lab results from my China trip are still only theoretical. But the treatment results are real
Other bacteria such as strep, enterococcus, mycoplasma/ureaplasma etc. gang up with staph and make everything worse ..... they can also produce polysaccharides which are produced from the body's sugar.
I also believe the safest treatment is phage therapy .... target Staphlyococcus Aureus and Staphlyococcus eperdidimis and let the phages loose on our mucosa......