Stanford's Dr. Jose Montoya on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a disorder that causes extreme fatigue that is unchanged with rest and which interferes with one's ability to attend to daily activities. Dr. Montoya discusses CFS and current research regarding diagnosis and treatment and the possible CFS-infection connection.

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• CFS
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[BritishSnail]

ME and Th2 response, see my channel (for now)

[BritishSnail]

ME and Th2 response - see Stanford Channel for link if they'll agree to keep it showing

[dosh228]

between 2004-08 i was working 80 hour weeks with a travel time of 2 hours between home and work, i was a labourer/1st grade athelete i spent many hours in the gym and was also coaching a team of juniors with sport, every morning i was awaking to the feeling of pins and needles & a really drained and tired feeling like when you yawn, then all of a sudden i got a bacterial infection and within days started having seizures at 1st it was apparently stress 2 years on clueless

[cameoconnection]

this was very helpful and interesting to me.. I too have suffered from this disease with little to any improvements.. it even feels as the days go bye I am not getting or recovering from say the symptoms like " sore throat" last for weeks if not months before i get any relief while also during this time I will get another miserable symptom which makes it almost impossible to do anything on a routine bases. i will try to contact your office for more info

[BritishSnail]

@StrudelFunkberry Oh

[StrudelFunkberry]

@BritishSnail It's a hiearchy of bacteria, protozoa, and viral infections, all starting probably with the bigger ones such as Borellia or Mycoplasma, once your immunity is lowered by the bigger bad guys your body is open to any amount of other invaders. I think its the mycoplasmal infections that really set you up for the fatiguing issues due to atp synthase disruption. Autoimmune aspects are true as well, these bacteria are in biofilms, which means chronic immune activation.

[KungZoo]

And it's for videos like this that make YouTube such a powerful tool of educational dissemination. Thank you, Stanford!

[jazzguy33333]

ME is the name used in Great Britain for CFS. The diagnostic criteria are identical.

[jazzguy33333]

Virus has not been ruled out. Just one particular virus that caused much excitement when it was discovered. Viral Induced Central Nervous System Disruption still most likely scenario.

[BritishSnail]

Virus as cause of M.E. now ruled out. Likely to be an autoimmune disease (we know! #mecfs - can we have some Prednisolone now please!???)