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    Healthrising: “An Explosion in Therapeutics”: the RECOVER Long COVID Biomarker Talk and Its Implications for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

    Article from Healthrising covering the Recover LC project https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2022/12/22/explosion-therapeutics-long-covid-biomarker-chronic-fatigue-fibromyalgia/ Appears that patients have elevated beta-glucans in the blood that cause inflammation, and they found multiple...
  2. M

    Which Gut test? So many different labs

    I want to get a stool test done. I would like to get as much information as possible but it seems that there's no one lab that does everything that's available. I don't suppose there's a comparison website or article anywhere that shows the differences between the various tests on offer? I'm...
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    Causes of MCAS?

    Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has any info on what are the possible causes of MCAS? And if someone's looking to try to address the root cause of their MCAS what areas should they look into, and in what order of importance? I'm also interested in whether anyone here has managed to figure out...
    • hb8847
    • Thread
    • food sensitivity leaky gut lyme mast cell activation mast cell activation syndrome mcas microbiome mould mycotoxins sibo
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    • Forum: Mast Cell Activation (MCAS)
  4. Anncomingtogrips

    Large Doses of Vitamin C for ME?

    Has anyone pursued large doses of Vitamin C? Here's an article about its uses: http://vitamincfoundation.org/www.orthomed.com/titrate.htm This is cited in Dr. Sarah Myhill's book, The Energy Equation. Dr. Myhill works exensively with ME patients. Both sources refer to determining...
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    Where to start on Candida/Yeast Overgrowth treatment?

    I suspect I've got some type of yeast overgrowth but I've been putting off dealing with it as every time I start researching it I just hit brick walls of contradictory information. One article claims this is the way to go, then i'll find another saying it's not etc. You all know the score. It's...
  6. Jwarrior77

    Pale Stool and Bile Salts

    Does anyone have extremely pale stools? Ever since getting sick they have never been the right consistency and have completely lost it's brown color. My bilirubin is also ever so slightly high. I got an abdominal ultrasound and everything came back ok. I think I'm either not producing enough...
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    Help! Develop rashes when eating but all food sensitivities negative. Gut issues?

    I have been sick for a little over a year now and just a few months ago I started having reactions occasionally when eating. The reaction starts by causing my ears to get really red and hot, then my face, chest, shoulders, elbows, knees (basically all joints) becomes really red and hot. After...
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    Encapsulating leaky gut repair supplements in capsules to target the colon (where bacteria & LPS live) rather than the sterile small intestine

    Some theories hypothesize that LPS may be entering the blood from a leaky gut (intestinal hyperpermeability) and playing a causal role in diseases such as ME/CFS. Now there are two main types of leaky gut: a leaky small intestine, and a leaky colon. Since the small intestine is quasi-sterile...