My partner is very severe after a crash/rapid decline nearly two months ago. They have only been able to eat through a straw since then as chewing and feeding themself is too exerting. At the start I asked our GP for a referral to a nutritionist/dietician, but she said it was fine as long as...
Incomplete digestion of food (and possible malnutrition) due to dysautonomia?
For years, I have wondered why nutrients in a purified supplement form seem to have much stronger effects on me than the exact same nutrients in food form:
There are a couple of possible explanations that could...
FINALLY, someone has addressed this very important issue in a publication:
Life-Threatening Malnutrition in Very Severe ME/CFS (Baxter, Speight, and Weir, 2021)
by Helen Baxter, Nigel Speight, and William Weir
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/4/459/htm
Excerpt:
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dysphagia
eating
gastroparesis
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malnutrition
nigel speight
severe me
severe me/cfs
william weir