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There are minor differences between adolescent ME/CFS and the adult ME/CFS. One is that abdominal pain is more common while this symptom is not even a part of some adult symptom criteria. In addition, facial flushing is more common in teens.
I recall once when walking down the street in Lyndonville, I saw a teen with bright red facial flushing. He became ill within one or two days and remained ill for years. I made the mistake once of calling this a rash, but it is not a rash, it is flushing – the same as an adult can have when taking niacin.
In some of the early outbreaks, this flushing rash is also mentioned and considered a standard symptom, one that involves the autonomic nervous system, as this part of the nervous system controls the diameter of the blood vessels.
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@roonie What part of Canada are you in? I'm from Metro Vancouver.as stated above...i cannot get any further help up here in Canada. People like me get offered only pills to cover symptoms for cfs fibro etc. Im not interested in pills that kill people. I want a cure. Thinking gut microbia transplant
im in the middle...Go Riders!..lol@roonie What part of Canada are you in? I'm from Metro Vancouver.
How anyone can say there is no link whatsoever between Mast cells/allergy and ME beats me completely.