@SOC I just meant "genetic causation" in a limited sense referring to why your family member got it and you and other relatives also got it, despite not being nearby - not in the more general sense.
I think most cases are viral onset - mine certainly was. It was just about the worst viral infection I ever experienced and I ended up in the ER.
Incredibly ironically, I was about halfway through a book called "The Coming Plague" by Laurie Garrett, which was a pretty new release at the time. I even remember the shirt I was wearing that morning - it was a Friday. Amazing how those days can stick with us forever. That's one thing that tends to be characteristic of ME too - patients can mark the line between sick and well, even decades later, to the day.
I think most cases are viral onset - mine certainly was. It was just about the worst viral infection I ever experienced and I ended up in the ER.
Incredibly ironically, I was about halfway through a book called "The Coming Plague" by Laurie Garrett, which was a pretty new release at the time. I even remember the shirt I was wearing that morning - it was a Friday. Amazing how those days can stick with us forever. That's one thing that tends to be characteristic of ME too - patients can mark the line between sick and well, even decades later, to the day.