2nd Item important (IMHO) from conference

[Guest guest]

Poster #137 " Psysiologic correlates of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-like

symptoms development in a subset of healthy individuals deprived of

routine aerobic exercise " , Lynden MS (town)..

The individuals were all healhty had an average age of 26 and worked

out AT LEAST 4 times per week.

Conclusion: " a subset of individuals who begin to experience CFS-like

symptoms when they are not performing regular exercise. This subset

of individuals display associated baseline differences in autonomic

and HPA axis hypo-responsiveness, which are typically observerd in

cohorts with established CFS "

EIGHT (out of 17 in the test) developed these symptoms!!!!!

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What does it mean? That physical activity (within appropriate

limits) is very important for recovery. The more activity that can be

done without a flare resulting, the better it is.

For some, those who were jocks, and jockettes, at onset, they likely

have the same metabolism as the sample that developed symptoms --

some illness likely took them into inactivity and then the HPA axis

changes etc... cascaded them in CFS.

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With Laurie, we have been debating whether the change of work (from

Industry to Info-workers) is a factor in the epidemic... or more

specifically for women: the reduction of physical labor/activity in

the home because of modern conviences and the increase of working

away from home (most of such jobs are not as physically active as

tending house was in the 1900-1950's).

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For recovery, correcting the HPA axis by exercise is one possibility

for some....