• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    CFS is a syndrome rather than a disease because, until recently, it only presented as symptoms instead of as an identifiable problem with a person. I know that a some people who get diagnosed for CFS get later diagnoses as neurological disorders like multiple sclerosis.

    It sounds like the more powerful MRI scanners are seeing inflammation in the rest of those suffering from CFS.

    That would mean CFS is a lifelong degenerative condition.

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      1 year ago

      this is the extent of what I knew about CFS, I never heard of ME, I thought CFE was still a collection of symptoms that didn’t even indicate a single underlying syndrome.

      I like the progress, clearly seeing brain stem inflammation sounds like comic book talk from 20 years ago.

      they’re going to see inflamed dendrites next.

      oh but isn’t clogged dendrites how they identify multiple sclerosis already?

      clearly I have to read more about this. catch up a bit.

      thanks for the explanation.