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  1. frozenborderline

    A radical proposal or two for ME/CFS treatment. Based on similarities btwn this and sepsis/shock

    So I agree with david bell's work about low blood volume in ME/CFS and also how the disease resembles a less emergent, slower sepsis or septic/hyoovolemic shock with adaptations that make it barely livable. Not just low blood volume, there is often high Lactate especially after activity, and...