It's way to early to say that viral or fungal infection is to blame for fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. There was one study that showed a significant presence of XMRV but no fewer than three more sophisticated follow-up studies failed to show similar results.
I'm all for debating this fascinating developments -- frankly, as a ten-year-survivor of fibro and someone who writes about this subject frequently, I'm just glad people are actually researching it at all. I think it's important, though, that we choose words carefully so as to avoid giving the newly diagnosed the wrong impression. This is still a largely unknown disease, and there is no cure yet.
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It's way to early to say that viral or fungal infection is to blame for fibromyalgia and ME/CFS. There was one study that showed a significant presence of XMRV but no fewer than three more sophisticated follow-up studies failed to show similar results.
I'm all for debating this fascinating developments -- frankly, as a ten-year-survivor of fibro and someone who writes about this subject frequently, I'm just glad people are actually researching it at all. I think it's important, though, that we choose words carefully so as to avoid giving the newly diagnosed the wrong impression. This is still a largely unknown disease, and there is no cure yet.
March 26, 2010 - 8:37amThis Comment
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