Nietzsche once wrote: "what does not kill me, makes me stronger". When it comes to natural poliovirus infection, this could indeed be the case. Click to expand... Before the introduction of the polio vaccine in the late 1950s, most children naturally caught poliovirus. Around 70% of poliovirus infections were completely asymptomatic and resulted in no long-term problems; but around 0.5% of infections caused paralysis, and out of that 0.5%, around 1 in 30 cases were fatal (ref: 1)... Read more ..read more

https://www.panaccindex.info/p/what...3xRs65glx6CpNeBglF99GiW-zt2nY0HQOTdjpDTPffD25 What COVID-19 Does To The Body (Fourth Edition, March 2024)​ Over 130+ Studies On COVID-19 Effects & Prevention ..read more

not trying to start a heated debate here. people are free to dismiss this theory but i think it should be part of the discussion. last week i read this great article on brain inflammation/damage, vaccination history, and the emergence of certain chronic diseases. it's LONG but there are very few articles that cover a broad historical perspective like this one. i have been in this space (what some call "antivaxx" but is really just people wanting proper safety testing, informed consent, and... Read more ..read more

I'm curious this morning I took gabapentin 300mg and 0.5 MG of methylene blue and was having bad nuerosymmptoms,felt overstimulated by light when I got to park Felt like I was gonna have a stroke or heart attack as body felt very disoriented Head injury/ME type reset in brain.Maybe seritonin syndrome or Flux of cytokines I'm not sure The thing is the dose of MB was quite low at 0.5mg This subsidized after upping klonopin Im curious is it likely the gabapentin or low dose... Read more ..read more

I'm posting this as I find this information and analysis on how difficult it is to bring effective drugs to market under the current pharmaceutical model by Prof. G spot-on. Permission to repost from Prof. G ClinicSpeak: lemon verbena biomarker study Why the nutriceutical have an uphill battle to see the light of day. "The biomarker study below shows that lemon verbena a dietary supplement reduces pro-inflammatory... Read more ..read more

Here is the link to Mayo Clinic's article describing this https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext I found out about this through this year's #MEAction's #MillionsMissing campaign which has provided the template below that you can use to share information about this course with your doctor: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15jJZ3-eHQq0pVsshfK-E0so2ucvrBWAzK8en82Xfnfo/edit When I use the word treat, it's not the same as cure ..read more

Myopathy may be an alternative diagnose is ME/CFS patients.... Here it's about paraspinaux muscle atrophy, which comes with bad posture... Axial myopathy: an overlooked feature of muscle diseases 2016 ... Myopathies with predominant axial involvement​Predominant axial myopathies usually have clinically evident paraspinal affection with rigid spine or abnormal posture. The most well-known predominant axial myopathy is probably selenoprotein deficiency... Read more ..read more

As recommended by a youtube video from the channel Neuroinflammation, Pain, and Fatigue Lab at UAB for chronic illnesses that might be caused by neuroinflammation, I tried some curcumin. I ordered a brand that uses the Longvida formulation, which I think has been proven to be able to cross the blood brain barrier and to be very bioavailable, properties plain curcumin does not have, so it must be combined with other chemicals. I used to have fairly bad facial tics about ten years ago... Read more ..read more

Muscle Weakness–Related Spinal Instability Is the Cause of Cervical Spinal Degeneration and Spinal Stabilization Is the Treatment: An Experience with 215 Cases Surgically Treated over 7 Years​ (This surgeon advocates for spine stabilization upon decompression. I find it interesting as I do believe my upper spine instability is a consequence of my spinal muscle weakness.)... Read more ..read more

I've done 4/5 therapies for cfs/me and they're all quite similar. They seem to want to teach me how to turn off the stress response by being calm and quieting the mind, whilst simultaneously teaching me to feel and express emotions, which obviously makes me feel the opposite of calm, How do people deal with this , I find it really confusing ..read more