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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Shown to Affect Those It Affects, and Not Those It Doesn't

posted by janrinok on Tuesday May 07 2019, @03:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the telling-the-truth dept.

DrkShadow writes:

Chronic fatigue syndrome affects some, is ignored in those who have anything-at-all wrong, might be accepted with a shrug and a pat on the back for the otherwise healthy, and is otherwise unknown. Until now, no one has had anything to go on — but now, there's a way to show that seemingly healthy people are, in fact, affected by something. Well, it's a start.

Using a test to judge the stress of the immune system, researchers at Stanford have now identified those symptomatically diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome as having a condition that is not identified in a control group. While this is very little to go on, it is more than nothing to go on, and so could start a search for a treatment for an otherwise clueless grab at nothing. The simple fact that there is now a distinction is itself news, but also that the research uses a lab-on-a-chip to assess change in current of a sample of immune cells, giving them an indicator of the health (or stress) of the sample is an example of a technology that hasn't been considered until the last few years — and a hint at advances offered by even simple, routine advances of technology.

As a shameless plug, I consulted a trusted holistic health friend (note: whole-health/holistic, not homeopathic/pretend) about CFS, and she mentioned that she feels it's a general toxicity problem. The immune system does play a role in clearing various toxins from the body, so perhaps another clue for researchers to pursue. (Tip: up until 1990, lead-based solder was used in household plumbing. How much that matters, perhaps not a whole lot.)

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  • (Score: 2) by rigrig on Tuesday May 07 2019, @03:56PM (5 children)

    by rigrig (5129) Subscriber Badge <soylentnews@tubul.net> on Tuesday May 07 2019, @03:56PM (#840224) Homepage

    Are you saying the witch down the street is causing CFS?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:35PM (#840255)

    AC is not NOT saying that

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:48PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:48PM (#840264)

    The bitch down the corridor is clearly causing me to have CFS.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @05:49PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @05:49PM (#840295)

    She turned me into a newt!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @05:57PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @05:57PM (#840300)

      Oh, so now you're a republican? I hope you're not as ugly! Oy ve!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:11PM (#840313)

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      You'll get better.