This isn’t specifically about CFS/ME or FMS, but I found it interesting, and I think it makes sense.
During an infection, humans typically experience a set of physiological and psychological symptoms, including fever, confusion, decreased motivation, depression and anxiety that are accompanied by a slowing of movements.
These changes, collectively known as “sickness behavior,” are the body’s way of conserving energy during illness so that an effective immune response can be launched. This new study helps researchers further understand how cytokines communicate between the immune system and the brain to promote sickness behavior.
Since many people with CFS/ME have chronic fevers and other symptoms similar to those of infectious illnesses, I have to wonder if the results of this study will be examined with regards to CFS/ME.
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Fibromyalgia and Other Central Pain Syndromes by Daniel J Wallace and Daniel J Clauw
- Parting the Fog: The Personal Side of Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Sue Jones
- The Fibromyalgia Solution: Three Simple Steps to Recovery by David H. Trock
- The Fibromyalgia Solution by Wayne Cissell
- Speeding Up to Normal: Metabolic Solutions to Fibromyalgia by John C. Lowe
Current books:
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The Fibromyalgia Cookbook: More Than 120 Easy and Delicious Recipes by Shelley Ann Smith
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The Good Living With Fibromyalgia Workbook: Activities for a Better Life by Bethany Afshar
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Fibromyalgia by Lynne Matallana
Recent books:
- Keep Working, Girlfriend!: Navigating the Workplace with an Autoimmune Disease by Rosalind Joffe
- The Arthritis Foundation’s Guide to Good Living with Fibromyalgia, 2nd Edition by Dorothy Foltz-Gray
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: A Survival Manual (2nd Edition) by Devin J. Starlanyl
- The Fibromyalgia Advocate by Devin Starlanyl
- The Arthritis Helpbook: A Tested Self-Management Program for Coping with Arthritis and Fibromyalgia by Kate Lorig