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In a Letter to the Editor published yesterday by the Journal of Translational Medicine, I describe my hypotheses about a key source of pain and inflammation in #MECFS that may also play a role in post-exertional malaise (#PEM). 1/ …nslational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
My hypotheses are grounded in experience as a caretaker for my daughter with hypermobility Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (#EDS), #MECFS, #POTS, #Chiari malformation, and #craniocervical instability and my reading of the #MECFS and #lipedema literatures. May also apply to #LongCovid 2/
In a nutshell, my hypothesis is that vascular damage and/or endothelial dysfunction causes interstitial fluid to leak from blood vessels of people with #MECFS, leading to formation of adipose tissue that becomes fibrotic, causing inflammation, hypoxia & widespread pain. 3/
