Progressive brain changes

[Ian123]

A long term study of white matter changes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

[rocketronnie]

Not exactly good news with no treatment what can you do.

[Ian123 in reply to rocketronnie]

Learn to live with it one day at a time is all I can offer.

[Effort]

Confirming white matter loss in another small scale study med.stanford.edu/news/all-n...

[callidor]

youtube.com/watch?v=pnWinDt...(Not working as expected?)

youtube.com/watch?v=q4Ssixf...(Not working as expected?)

[Ian123 in reply to callidor]

Much simpler than wading through research papers thank you for sharing.

[Jonesbones]

The grey matter that remembers where I should be and when is the most worrying part of all this, well that along with dreadful headaches.

[pandemic in reply to Jonesbones]

Memory and processing information also my biggest bugbears.

[Ian123 in reply to pandemic]

Cognitive impairment not even taken seriously by welfare benefits system a sign of how little is known about how it affects ME.

[illiad2]

Reduced cerebral blood flow in white matter - ischaemic leukoaraiosis (small vessel disease) is likely to result in impairment of brain functions.

Deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain) that is due to reduced blood volume or POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) where rapid blood circulation, and some blood pooling in the legs is a common symptom.

Compression stockings reduce symptoms such as syncope/dizziness on standing plus there are other medications available if POTS is diagnosed as it frequently is with ME/CFS patients.

[CheshireKatz in reply to illiad2]

fMRI scanning ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/267... has shown alterations from healthy controls.

[Ian123 in reply to illiad2]

Interesting does the damaged autonomic nervous system reduce blood volume or reduced blood volume damage brain/autonomic nervous system.

[carch520]

My brain turns to mush does that show up on tests.

[Ian123 in reply to carch520]

Finding the right tests finds the right answer.

[Onceagain]

A simplified description of grey and white matter boundless.com/physiology/te... made understanding the results a little easier.

[Ian123 in reply to Onceagain]

Very helpful thank you for sharing.

[Effort]

Encephalomyelitis - inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to viral infection as causation for diminished white matter quantities, the name ME is was an accurate description if this is true.