Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Blog

Vitamin D Deficiency

vitamin d deficiencyVitamin D deficiency is believed to be involved in many types of diseases including osteoporosis, rickets, diabetes, and high blood pressure. It has been common knowledge for years that vitamin D supplementation can help treat certain diseases and is overall benefical to one’s health.

But, one doctor is questioning that idea.

An Australian doctor named Trevor Marshall believes that vitamin D intake may lower the immune system’s ability to fight infection.

Vision Problems with CFS

chronic fatigue eye problemsA symptom that i have a big problem with, but i haven’t heard much talk about is the vision problems that came with my chronic fatigue. I have constant blurred vision that improves when i feel better. I see spots that i would describe as similar to when you feel light headed or faint. At one point it was so bad that had trouble reading and driving.

One of things that helps me with this symptom, is the systemic enzyme complex vitalzyme. This clears my vision along with helping with my brain fog. I’m guessing this enzyme complex works for me because it thins the blood and may

FDA Accepts Ampligen for Review

hemispherexOn July 8th Ampligen’s NDA was accepted for review by the FDA.

So what exactly does that mean, and how much further in the process toward approval is it?

“NDA” stands for new drug application.

Enhanced Negative HPA Axis Feedback in CFS

Recently a study was conducted in the UK that showed a problem with an overactive negative hpa axis feedback loop in chronic hpa axisfatigue patients. The UK researchers used dexamethasone to observe changes to the feedback loop over 6 hours. The drug dexamethasone is a glucocorticoid similar to cortisol. If a person takes dexamethasone their body should make less ACTH (a hormone that causes the release of cortisol). In normal people the amount of ACTH and cortisol should fall to a certain range.

The CFS patients in the study had lower than normal levels of cortisol and ATCH after the dexamethasone test.