A research team at Sussex University and Brighton Medical school have been conducting studies into ME or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia that suggests the illnesses involve a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system known as dysautonomia.
Researchers at Sussex University are leading the way in studying ME or Chronic fatigue syndrome and Fibromyalgia by investigating the post-exertional malaise that is a key marker of the illnesses and also looking at the mechanisms of chronic pain and fatigue.
A research team at the neurosciences department of Sussex University are keen to recruit healthy controls for a study being carried out looking at the brain-body mechanisms of chronic pain and fatigue in those affected by Chronic fatigue syndrome and Fibromyalgia that affects a good number of LGBT folk.
Do you have a firm diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME or Fibromyalgia? Sussex researchers are looking for people aged 18 to 65 who have a firm diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME or Fibromyalgia to take part in research which seeks to understand the biological and physical mechanisms of chronic pain and fatigue.
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia at the age of 23, having been struck suddenly by a long list of debilitating symptoms. By Oliver Eaton, ProHealth Clinic. I eventually managed to overcome it – but only after many hundreds of hours researching the root causes of the condition and how best to treat it without medication.
