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   HEALTH   
   GUT BACTERIA LINKED TO CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, FURTHER STUDIES NEEDED   
      
   JUNE 26, 2016   
   Amy Schaeffer   
   It’s not all in your head. At least, not Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – in   
   fact, the indicators appear that it may be linked to microbes in your   
   intestines.   
      
      
   Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or CFS, has long baffled doctors. There’s no   
   specific test for the syndrome, which means that physicians rely on   
   symptomatology and history to make a diagnosis after they rule other things   
   out, like multiple sclerosis,    
   rheumatoid arthritis, and even some psychiatric disorders such as depression.   
      
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   The key indicator of CFS seems to be when people perform an average amount of   
   physical labor, such as would occur with normal day-to-day work and household   
   chores, or a job that requires a moderate amount of standing, walking and   
   lifting, but nothing    
   laborious such as heavy physical labor, and they suffer from extreme   
   exhaustion by the end of the day. Even stranger, patients report no   
   rejuvenation that normally occurs with rest or sleep — thus, they are   
   chronically fatigued, according to The    
   Cornell Chronicle.   
      
   They’ve gotten a bad rap. Many physicians believe CFS is psychosomatic, or   
   caused from mental irregularities rather than physical irregularities, such as   
   severe stress, an inability to cope with life and day-to-day activities, which   
   leads to the    
   question — which came first, the chicken or the egg? However, researchers at   
   Liberty Hyde Bailey have potentially vindicated many people.   
      
      
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   Maureen Hanson, a Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular   
   Biology and Genetics and the lead author of the study, says this is an   
   important finding for the studies of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related   
   disorders.   
      
   “Our work demonstrates that the gut bacterial microbiome in ME/CFS patients   
   isn’t normal, perhaps leading to gastrointestinal and inflammatory symptoms   
   in victims of the disease. Furthermore, our detection of a biological   
   abnormality provides further    
   evidence against the ridiculous concept that the disease is psychological in   
   origin.”   
   Ruth Ley, associate professor in the Departments of Molecular Biology and   
   Genetics and Microbiology, is a co-author of the study and said that while   
   more knowledge is needed, this is a useful tool for using dietary therapy to   
   combat chronic fatigue    
   syndrome in those who have it.   
      
   “In the future, we could see this technique as a complement to other   
   noninvasive diagnoses, but if we have a better idea of what is going on with   
   these gut microbes and patients, maybe clinicians could consider changing   
   diets, using prebiotics such as    
   dietary fibers or probiotics to help treat the disease.”   
   Concurrently, the researchers discovered specific markers of inflammation in   
   the blood, most likely due to a “Leaking” or unsealed gut from intestinal   
   problems that allow foreign bacteria to enter the blood, Giloteaux said. This   
   would account for    
   massive inflammation and the general malaise and lethargy that is rampant with   
   the syndrome.   
      
      
   The good news about this is — those who suffer may be on the cusp of having   
   a plausible treatment. Most gut bacteria can be eradicated from foreign area   
   it has migrated to with antibiotics, although antibiotics are not a magic   
   bullet and come with    
   their own set of problems, including antibiotic resistance and other fungal   
   infections.   
      
   Although there is more research that needs to be conducted, the body of   
   evidence certainly shows that the facts of CFS are scientific and therefore   
   not simply in one’s mind, which is a gigantic feat for sufferers everywhere.   
   Hope may indeed be on the    
   horizon.   
      
      
      
   http://www.inquisitr.com/3247627/gut-bacteria-linked-to-chronic-   
   atigue-syndrome-further-studies-needed/   
      
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