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I honestly think it's gut dysbiosis first - perhaps initially gone haywire due to a combination of virus plus stress plus genetics (I had gone to uni very well, yet vet stressed out, I got a bad flu in the first month and started feeling extremely sick/nauseous thereafter. 6 months down the line, m.e symptoms started developing... and the nausea/sicknesd/bloating/allergy reactions to food's carries on.... I think that something kicks off the dysbiosis and then m.e is a consequence of the dysbiosis.
When I was pregnant, my stomach issues were so much better and hence my m.e was so much better. When my stomach calms (maybe due to a new probiotic or herbal), so does m.e symptoms. There is an obvious correlation here.
QUOTE="ebethc, post: 954179, member: 15064"]I feel the same way... however, I do think that there could be a chicken vs the egg situation... For example: CFS causes autonomic dysfunction, so lower stomach acid and/or bile production and/or enzyme production all add up to gut dysbiosis (by which I mean any bad bacterial situation...could include SIBO or something else..).... On the other hand, maybe the gut dysbiosis causes your GI to go haywire! I'm not sure which comes first ...the dysbiosis or the haywire GI
what do you think?