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@Jonathan Edwards I read in this thread this morning: http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/do-mes-cause-cfs.31930/
You stated somewhere that rituximab didn't work with those with ME1 with ANA speckled pattern? Is there something that does possibly work? Or at least, is it known why rituximab doesn't work for that group of people?
For those not wanting to read his full introduction in that other thread, ME1 is this:
You stated somewhere that rituximab didn't work with those with ME1 with ANA speckled pattern? Is there something that does possibly work? Or at least, is it known why rituximab doesn't work for that group of people?
For those not wanting to read his full introduction in that other thread, ME1 is this:
1. ME1 is due to antibodies to certain nuclear proteins that can enter cells and disturb function on a body-wide basis. ANA is positive and usually speckled in pattern. (The proteins are likely to come under what are called ENA antigens, which are not always strictly nuclear but no matter.) The fatigue of ME1 is basically the same as in primary Sjögren’s syndrome and other ANA-linked illnesses that have names. I have met many people in this group. Some might suggest that they are well enough described to take them out of the ‘unknown causes’ that are MEs but a lot of these people end up labelled as ‘CFS with an ANA’. The fatigue may be a bit different from other groups.