Dr. Amy Proal: Persistent infection and viral reactivation: a driver of common ME/CFS and LongCovid

Thanks, great video 👍😊

This was a fantastic presentation, thank you so much

Crazy so few people have watched. What is going on?!

Absolutely appalling that only a handful of people have seen or watched this hugely interesting and important update. Thank you so much for presenting it in a way that a layman can just about keep up. Me, I'm a long hauler and can identify with so much that you talk about. I find Herpes flareups , erratic heart rythm, fatigue, erratic blood pressure, muscle akes etc, and all these can come and go in terms of severity singly and in combination..

thank you for doing this work. I hope someday I can get my life back

Great talk & ME-history lesson.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for publishing the research information. My ME/CFS symptom path started after contracting Viral Meningitis in 2009. In hindsight, it was mild/moderate over the years. In 2017 I ended up with Systemic Envenomation caused by a Redback (Black Widow Spider) bight and was severely ill for 6 weeks. This caused severe ME/CFS symptoms. Following the Covid Vaccine in 2021 I relapsed. In 2022 I was finally diagnosed with ME/CFS, PEM, and POTS. This year I ended up with a relapse caused by Covid and thought I wouldn't make it. All in all,I have been bed & house-bound for most of the time since 2017. The new research gives hope that a cure can be found for this horrible disease.

I understand this is far fetched, but "IF" the GI tract pans out to be a prime reservoir and "IF" a reliable method is developed to localize the reservoir, perhaps gastrectomy, segmental colectomy or small bowel resection could prove to alleviate the horrendous symptoms.