Why Can’t We Think Well When We’re Sick?

This isn’t specif­i­cally about CFS/ME or FMS, but I found it inter­est­ing, and I think it makes sense. Why Men­tal Lethargy When Sick 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 […]

June 12, 2008  Tags: CFS/ME, cognitive deficits, cytokines, fevers, infection  Posted in: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, From the news  One Comment