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Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia related to a bacteria

People with Chronic Fatigue or Fibromyalgia are often looked at as "faking it" or that it's "all in their head" but these two diseases are apparently related to a verifyable bacteria that can be treated with antibiotics. I personally have never claimed either nor considered myself disabled, but I do have lots of pain most of the time, as well as a bad stomach and other issues. (The fatigue I can easily explain, given my schedule.)

So I was particularly interested in this report that these two diseases (and Gulf War syndrome) have been linked to a particular set of bacteria, and have been successfully treated with antibiotics.

We have been conducting research on mycoplasmal respiratory infections that cause a flu-like illness that results in systemic CFS and/or FMS. Earlier we conducted a pilot study of Desert Storm veterans and their families. This very preliminary study showed that 55/73 GWI patients, including symptomatic family members, responded to an anitibiotic (doxycycline) that is effective against a variety of mycoplasmas, and most of the soldiers and their symptomatic family members eventually recovered from their illness (4). Since this study we have continued to gather evidence that mycoplasmal infections, and probably other chronic infectious agents, are causing the chronic signs and symptoms that are similar to CFS/FMS in approximately one half of GWI cases, and these illnesses can be successfully treated with antibiotics (5,6). As GWI progresses, there are a number of accompanying problems, including MS-like, ALS-like and Arthritis like signs/symptoms, and this is also consistent with mycoplasmal infections that penetrate into nerve cells, synovial cells, etc.

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