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malnutrition

  1. SpinachHands

    Has time spent malnourished delayed recovery? How long will recovery take from this?

    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...
  2. Pyrrhus

    Incomplete digestion of food (and possible malnutrition) due to dysautonomia?

    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...
  3. Pyrrhus

    Life-Threatening Malnutrition in Very Severe ME/CFS (Baxter, Speight, and Weir, 2021)

    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: (spacing added for readability)...
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    • dysphagia eating gastroparesis https://forums.phoenixrising.me/attachments/0cb2912d-235d-47d3-bcea-f59f609508e0-jpeg.42451/ malnutrition nigel speight severe me severe me/cfs william weir
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