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I don't know if what I'm about to say has already been discussed but I did not find another thread about it.
I am new here, and did only read a bit of what has been said, although I read a lot of remission/ healing stories already.
The body itself creates inflammation, so it mustn't be that bad. It makes it easier for the body to get rid of pathogens. The fever is a good thing! What if we lacked fever? I remember a post where a lady healed completely after being feverish and bedridden for 3 months. When I read that it clicked in my head! because I can not remember the last time I was feverish.
So I'm asking you, when was the last time you were feverish? and if you can remember, how were your symptoms right after the fever came down?
All of this reminded me of malaria therapy practiced in the dawn of the last century. The idea was crazy but it worked and the doctor who invented it received a Nobel Prize in 1927: intentionally infect a syphilitic patient with malaria in order to get him so feverish that his body would fight back syphilis, which we didn't know how to cure at the time (think of Nietzsche...)
I'm not saying that you should get infected with malaria. I'm just throwing ideas around. Can very hot and very long baths replicate the effects of a fever? Do we have medecine that artificially create fever? If yes has it been ever tried for CFS?
I think yes because it seems that Ampligen – Interferon inducer does just that, quote from Kevin Lord: "Ampligen makes you feel like you have the flu twice a week. The reality is when you are on it, it is pretty much hell. Hell with hope". He went from severe to mild with it. Unfortunately this treatment is very expensive and not approved in Europe nor US.
What do you think of all this? I'd really like to read your opinions.
I am new here, and did only read a bit of what has been said, although I read a lot of remission/ healing stories already.
Given that what seems to work for the most people, albeit temporarily, are antibiotics and especially antivirals (Valacyclovir, Metronidazole).
Given that a lot of medecine modifying our immune response also seem to work for a lot of people.
Given that vaccines, virus infections, and even antibiotics can trigger CFS.
Given that a lot of people with CFS seem to struggle with recurring infections of HHV-6 and EBV (and certainly a lot of other viruses).
Can we conclude that something is wrong with our immune response? More specifically, that even though we do not appear immunodeficient on the exams, we have an issue with our body's immune response? There are often talks about inflammation and how bad it is for the body, but what if in some contexts it was a good thing?The body itself creates inflammation, so it mustn't be that bad. It makes it easier for the body to get rid of pathogens. The fever is a good thing! What if we lacked fever? I remember a post where a lady healed completely after being feverish and bedridden for 3 months. When I read that it clicked in my head! because I can not remember the last time I was feverish.
So I'm asking you, when was the last time you were feverish? and if you can remember, how were your symptoms right after the fever came down?
All of this reminded me of malaria therapy practiced in the dawn of the last century. The idea was crazy but it worked and the doctor who invented it received a Nobel Prize in 1927: intentionally infect a syphilitic patient with malaria in order to get him so feverish that his body would fight back syphilis, which we didn't know how to cure at the time (think of Nietzsche...)
I'm not saying that you should get infected with malaria. I'm just throwing ideas around. Can very hot and very long baths replicate the effects of a fever? Do we have medecine that artificially create fever? If yes has it been ever tried for CFS?
I think yes because it seems that Ampligen – Interferon inducer does just that, quote from Kevin Lord: "Ampligen makes you feel like you have the flu twice a week. The reality is when you are on it, it is pretty much hell. Hell with hope". He went from severe to mild with it. Unfortunately this treatment is very expensive and not approved in Europe nor US.
What do you think of all this? I'd really like to read your opinions.
