Chronic fatigue syndrome patients experience a condition commonly called leaky gut. The technical term for this is intestinal hyper permeability, which means the intestines have lost the ability to prevent food particles and toxins from entering the blood stream. This leaking of nutrients and particles into the bloodstream stimulates the immune system to take a […]
Overabundances of free radicals attack the immune system of individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome. Free radicals are oxygen hungry molecules that are unstable. This makes them dangerous when set loose inside the body. They bombard healthy tissue in search of available oxygen to make them stable. When the ratio of free radicals to normal cell […]
Fluid retention should be avoided in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome. Fluid retention is the body’s inability to remove excess water. This results in tissue that is over burdened with fluid. For the patient with already inflamed tissue fluid retention advances the inflammation further. Oedema is another name for fluid retention and can be observed […]
Chronic fatigue syndrome and asthma are autoimmune disorders that are treated with the same approach. Asthma is a condition that irritates the bronchial tubes and causes respiratory difficulties. In the worst-case scenario, asthma leads to death as a result of absolute respiratory failure. In the UK one in seven children will suffer from asthma and […]