Re: Discovery of XMRV retrovirus in chronic fatigue syndrome

[Guest guest]

Here's the NY Times article on the subject:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/health/research/09virus.html?_r=1

And a whole list of major publications reporting the story:http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1 & cf=all & ncl=dANLiI0J4tW0VZMDD9ozWdRfBN_MM & topic=m

The good news, the study is getting lots of attention. It's a significant finding.

The bad news, it's hard to treat viruses. But then, as we've learned, it's hard to treat entrenched bacterial infections and their biofilms as well.

Viruses and bacterial infections both cause the same kinds of immune response and inflammatory symptoms. I hope science starts to realize the obvious link between chronic illness and infections of all sorts sooner than later.

Mostly, I hope that what appears to be a big step in acknowledging CFS as a real illness is sustained, and research continues, after the attention to this new finding dies down.

It would be nice to walk into a doctor's office and have your illness acknowledged, rather than ridiculed, which happens too frequently and happened to me recently.

penny

[Guest guest]

This is so exciting, Penny. It cracks me up that the CDC is so concerned about

it being in 4% of the healthy controls......excuse me, I think the real problem

is in our camp! I too am tired of being treated like an hysterical middle aged

female in response to my devastating illness. It seems the only available

treatment from traditional medical offices is condescension. I'm over it.

--- In infections , Penny Houle <pennyhoule@...>

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> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/health/research/09virus.html?_r=1

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> And a whole list of major publications reporting the story:

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http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1 & cf=all & ncl=dANLiI0J4tW0VZMDD9ozWdRfBN_MM & t\

opic=m

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> The good news, the study is getting lots of attention. It's a significant

finding.

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> The bad news, it's hard to treat viruses. But then, as we've learned, it's

hard to treat entrenched bacterial infections and their biofilms as well.

>  

> Viruses and bacterial infections both cause the same kinds of immune response

and inflammatory symptoms. I hope science starts to realize the

obvious link between chronic illness and infections of all sorts sooner than

later.

>  

> Mostly, I hope that what appears to be a big step in acknowledging CFS as a

real illness is sustained, and research continues, after the attention to this

new finding dies down.

>  

> It would be nice to walk into a doctor's office and have your illness

acknowledged, rather than ridiculed, which happens too frequently and

happened to me recently.

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> penny

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[Guest guest]

What a moron. I think the biggest issue in health care reform is dealing with

physician's ego's. They don't like it when we don't bow down and

unquestioningly accept their 5 minute assessment of our decades long issues.

Thank God they are not all that way, but unfortunately it is a common theme in

their professional " syndrome " which clearly keeps innovation out of their

community and inadvertantly causes the alternative health care profession to

thrive. If they can't find compassion for their patients perhaps they can drum

up a little compassion and concern for their checkbook.

All the best,

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> > Here's the NY Times article on the subject:

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> > http://www.nytimes. com/2009/ 10/09/health/ research/ 09virus.html? _r=1

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> > And a whole list of major publications reporting the story:

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> > http://news. google.com/ news/more? pz=1 & cf=all & ncl=dANLiI0J4tW0

VZMDD9ozWdRfBN_ MM & topic= m

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> > The good news, the study is getting lots of attention. It's a significant

finding.

> >  

> > The bad news, it's hard to treat viruses. But then, as we've learned, it's

hard to treat entrenched bacterial infections and their biofilms as well.

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> > Viruses and bacterial infections both cause the same kinds of immune

response and inflammatory symptoms. I hope science starts to realize the

obvious link between chronic illness and infections of all sorts sooner than

later.

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> > Mostly, I hope that what appears to be a big step in acknowledging CFS as a

real illness is sustained, and research continues, after the attention to this

new finding dies down.

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> > It would be nice to walk into a doctor's office and have your illness

acknowledged, rather than ridiculed, which happens too frequently and

happened to me recently.

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> > penny

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