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  1. Manuel

    Epstein–Barr virus-acquired immunodeficiency in myalgic encephalomyelitisβ€”Is it present in long COVID?

    πŸ” 𝐍𝐄𝐖 π€π‘π“πˆπ‚π‹π„ ππ”ππ‹πˆπ’π‡π„πƒ! π”π§π«πšπ―πžπ₯𝐒𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐑𝐞 π‚π¨π§π§πžπœπ­π’π¨π§π¬ 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐁𝐕, 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 π‚πŽπ•πˆπƒ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐲𝐚π₯𝐠𝐒𝐜 π„π§πœπžπ©π‘πšπ₯𝐨𝐦𝐲𝐞π₯𝐒𝐭𝐒𝐬 🧬 After months of meticulous review and analysis, I am proud to present a study that explores the deep connections between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), Long COVID and Myalgic...
    • Manuel
    • Thread
    • #ebv #mecfs herpesviruses immunodeficiency longcovid me/cfs treatment sars-cov-2 treatment treatment long-covid virus
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Latest ME/CFS Research
  2. C

    Is the post-COVID-19 syndrome a severe impairment of acetylcholine-orchestrated neuromodulation that responds to nicotine administ... (Leitzke, 2023)

    Is the post-COVID-19 syndrome a severe impairment of acetylcholine-orchestrated neuromodulation that responds to nicotine administration? Leitzke, 2023 Abstract Following a SARS-CoV-2 infection, many individuals suffer from post-COVID-19 syndrome. It makes them unable to proceed with common...
  3. acouchy

    Human papillomavirus infection?

    I have read that ME might be caused by many viruses but don't see much about the human papillomavirus (HPV). Have any studies been done on HPV and ME? I am curious because 1-2 yrs before I became ill with ME I developed a very severe case of plantar warts on my feet from an exposure at a...
  4. MarkRichardson

    Negative IgM means no active infection?

    I’m a bit confused. Does having a negative IgM on a blood test for a virus usually rule out an active viral infection? For instance on my EBV blood test I have positive IgG, negative IgM and positive Lytic antigens (T-Cells). I’ve spoken to four different doctors about this, three of them...
  5. Gingergrrl

    How pandemics strengthen links between viruses and autoimmunity (journal article from "Nature")

    This is a really interesting article from the Journal "Nature" called, "How pandemics strengthen links between viruses and autoimmunity". Here is the link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01835-w The article is a little bit long but was super interesting (at least to me :nerd:)...
  6. SeanQHX1

    Possible Autoimmune Encephalitis

    Hi everyone once again. I'm currently waiting on word to see a neuroimmunologist in the hopes of finding answers after battling worsening, disabling brain and head symptoms for 5 years now which I suspect at this point to have neuroimmune causes. Just now, I continue to deteriorate with this...
  7. V

    What are symptoms of autoimmune encephalitis?

    I have a vague knowledge of it and have seen various posts scattered, so was wondering if those who have been through it can say some more about how it presented in them. Also interested in whether there is any connection to that and, for lake of a better term, (new onset) "neuropsychiatric" (I...
  8. ZeroGravitas

    Overlap between ME/CFS and Covid-19 information - e.g. oxidative stress (MedCram), vitamin supplements, etc

    I've been watching a whole bunch of PeakProsperity and MedCram (excellent and respectable teaching doctor) to digest the medical info coming out about Covid-19 studies, etc (as I've been caught up blogging about it for ~6 weeks, etc). In previous weeks they've each described quite similar...
  9. roller

    covid19 - the environmental factors for virus

    the temperature, the "weather", clouds, rain, return to the soil and right into our freshwater supplies ... everything can spread and contribute to virus survival - but also destroy it... makes wonder, if "the normal social interaction" is even the least successful vehicle for a virus...
    • roller
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    • clouds corona covid covid19 droplets environment fresh water outside temperature rain water virus
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Long COVID and Coronavirus
  10. SeanQHX1

    Brain symptoms still getting worse - Losing hope

    Hi everyone again. After looking through some old threads, I see that someone previously reported brain symptoms which are exactly like mine and couldn't have put it any better into words. This was after I spent years thinking that I was the only one in the planet with this mysterious brain...
  11. Mariposa

    Why am I getting worse...viruses? Mould? Your thoughts!

    Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum :) (though I've been reading quite a lot). I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what might be going on with me. I've been seeing a functional nutritionist for over a year now. For the first 6 months I was making slow but gradual progress, little by...
  12. C

    Viral entry into the brain through olfactory nerve (CNI)--latency in olfactory bulb?

    My illness first signs was a strange pain after exercise, deep in my right upper nasopharynx area. This became a cold/flu which settled in the chest for awhile and somewhere along the way ME/CFS began. My theory is that this is a brain problem in some form. Either through faulty information...