Low Pressure and Increase of Symptoms -- Why??

[Guest guest]

Does anyone here know why low pressure worsens my muscle pain, fatigue

and cognitive problems? I can always tell when rain is on the way, by

how I feel. Is this common with CFS and/or Fibro.? What causes this?

Thank you!!

Sue

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

Here is one possible explanation/theory.

According to gas laws, a gas is evenly distributed in a container.

The earths atmosphere is a container that holds the gases that make up

the air that we breathe. According to gas laws, there is just as much

oxygen in the air at the top of mount everest as there is oxygen in

the air at sea level. The reason that the mountain climber must

supply oxygen is that the air pressure at that altitude restricts the

transfer of oxygen from the lungs into the blood.

So to answer your question why your symptoms worsen during periods of

low pressure, the oxygen transfer to the blood is going to be reduced.

This effect will affect all people, and the difference in oxygen

uptake is probably very minute but to a person whose body is already

oxygen deprived due to low blood volume and other factors, it is a

straw that breaks the camels back.

Sometimes humid climates can have a similar effect, as the moisture in

the air can also interfere with oxygen transfer.

All the best,

Jim

>

> Does anyone here know why low pressure worsens my muscle pain, fatigue

> and cognitive problems? I can always tell when rain is on the way, by

> how I feel. Is this common with CFS and/or Fibro.? What causes this?

>

> Thank you!!

>

> Sue

>

[Guest guest]

Nice concise and excellent explanation for why this likely happens,

Jim. And to note for those with skeptical docs about the serious

physical abnormalities in CFS, remember this test name: " Blood

Volume/Red Blood Cell(RBC) Mass Chromium 51 Nuclear Tracer " for

accurately measuring these.

I've tested anormally low in both measures with it and Dr Bell says

about 80% of PWCs test abnormally low, confirming the surprising low

oxygen availability in our bodies. And it's a mainstream medical test

in which the results CAN'T honestly be denied.

I also suspect the problems many in CFS have with their lower brain

function including the hippocampus, amygdala and basal ganglia can be

explained by hypoxic injury to these structures in addition to

cortisol injury that may occurred in some prior to full CFS onset.

It's no wonder really why we're dysfunctional and feel bad,

variabilities to this in certain situations withstanding.

<clements@...> wrote:

Hi Sue,

Here is one possible explanation/theory.

According to gas laws, a gas is evenly distributed in a container.

The earths atmosphere is a container that holds the gases that make up

the air that we breathe. According to gas laws, there is just as much

oxygen in the air at the top of mount everest as there is oxygen in

the air at sea level. The reason that the mountain climber must

supply oxygen is that the air pressure at that altitude restricts the

transfer of oxygen from the lungs into the blood.

So to answer your question why your symptoms worsen during periods of

low pressure, the oxygen transfer to the blood is going to be

reduced.This effect will affect all people, and the difference in

oxygenuptake is probably very minute but to a person whose body is

already oxygen deprived due to low blood volume and other factors, it

is a straw that breaks the camels back.

Sometimes humid climates can have a similar effect, as the moisture in

the air can also interfere with oxygen transfer.

<sb2boys@> wrote:

Does anyone here know why low pressure worsens my muscle pain, fatigue

and cognitive problems? I can always tell when rain is on the way, by

how I feel. Is this common with CFS and/or Fibro.? What causes this?

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone here know why low pressure worsens my muscle pain,

fatigue

> and cognitive problems? I can always tell when rain is on the way,

by

> how I feel. Is this common with CFS and/or Fibro.? What causes

this?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thanks for the info about and name of this test! Did these test

results help you get SS or other disability? (I've just applied and

am searching for concrete tests to help my case.)

Also, is this a test any mainstream doc can order? Any other info you

might have is greatly appreciated (price, labs who do it, etc.).

thanks,

Joanna

>

> Nice concise and excellent explanation for why this likely happens,

> Jim. And to note for those with skeptical docs about the serious

> physical abnormalities in CFS, remember this test name: " Blood

> Volume/Red Blood Cell(RBC) Mass Chromium 51 Nuclear Tracer " for

> accurately measuring these.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Joanna.

<jphillips2@...> wrote:

>

> Hi ,

>

> Thanks for the info about and name of this test! Did these test

> results help you get SS or other disability? (I've just applied and

> am searching for concrete tests to help my case.)

***No. I got approved for SSDI without it, but it certainly would've

helped that process happen faster with such evidence in hand.

>

> Also, is this a test any mainstream doc can order?

***Yes.

Any other info you

> might have is greatly appreciated (price, labs who do it, etc.).

***Getting your EBV or HHV-6 virus titers ordered through FOCUS labs

might prove benefitial. A lot of PWCs show abnormally high titers for

each in test results(I don't know the price to have them run now).

***Then, if you can somehow manage it through insurance coverage you

have now, get a SPECT Scan of your brain done and have them look for

hypoperfusion(low blood flow). This would fit hand in glove with

proven low blood volume/low RBCs, thus indicating likely hypoxic(low

oxygen) injury to the brain, particularly lower brain structures like

the hippocampus(MRS brain studies indicate this in CFS too).

***I think such injury is rarely talked about for PWCs, but may indeed

be very significant, perhaps even central, to the serious debility we

experience. Heal it and YOU WIN THIS GAME!(please let me know if you

do too as I'd like to win as well

thanks,

>

> Joanna

***

<david-hall@> wrote:

> > And to note for those with skeptical docs about the serious

> > physical abnormalities in CFS, remember this test name: " Blood

> > Volume/Red Blood Cell(RBC) Mass Chromium 51 Nuclear Tracer " for

> > accurately measuring these.

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks so much for your kind and helpful reply! I will see what I can

do about getting those tests to help my case.

I must say that being a member of this group and others has made a

qualitative difference in my life already.. I don't feel alone or w/o

support, plus I've learned a lot by just reading posts. Thanks to Ken

and to all who not only try to help themselves but others too by

posting.

God bless,

Joanna

[Guest guest]

Yes, brain damage is central to this illness. This causes the

neurological dysfunction in which the CNS control of many other body

systems goes wrong, leading to the multiple symptoms.

My understanding is that SPECT, PET, MRI, QEEG etc. tests can reveal

these brain injuries.

However, I was not aware that this brain damage can be HEALED. Can

it?? Do you mean by healed by the brain's own self-healing mechanism

(e.g. building new neural pathways after brain lesions), or do you

mean healed by medical intervention? The idea of healing the brain

damage seems like a ray of hope!

Best wishes,

Lesley

P.S. A bit further back in this thread, though I've forgotten who said

what (sorry): I also experience worsening of my symptoms when rain or

storms are on the way. Thanks for the great explanation of

high-altitude low blood oxygen - and yes, in humid conditions the

enervated exhausted feeling, and the feeling of needing more air, can

be just the same.

>

> ***I think such injury is rarely talked about for PWCs, but may indeed

> be very significant, perhaps even central, to the serious debility we

> experience. Heal it and YOU WIN THIS GAME!(please let me know if you

> do too as I'd like to win as well

>