Re: SNP's

[Guest guest]

jill1313 wrote:

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> 4) It's not a bad idea to look at genetic vulnerabilities underlying

> CFIDS, I guess, but CFIDS is just a description of symptoms that can

> be caused by various infections. Nonetheless it is likely that many

> different infections activate similar pathways, and perhaps one could

> figure out a # of important genes underlying those pathways. It could

> be hard to tease out, though.

Jill, I don't think it's necessarily true that all CFIDS is caused by

infections. There are a bunch of CFIDS folks over on the Immune list

who can trace the origin of their illness to an acute chemical exposure

(usually organophosphate pesticides). Some people have MCS without

CFIDS, and others (like me) have MCS as a secondary development to their

CFIDS. I just think we don't know enough yet to throw out all avenues

of research other than infections.

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el (andreafrankel at sbcglobal dot net)

" wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... "

[Guest guest]

Yes you are right, occasionally there can be poisoning pure and

simple. But ...I forget her last name, the one who has an

iguana page along with a lyme page. She thought she got sick from

exposure to an oil spill, she was helping clean the birds. She thought

she had chemical-induced CFIDS and MCS. She learned years later that

she had lyme/babesia...her immune system held them in check until the

chemical added the final stress and toppled them.

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> > 4) It's not a bad idea to look at genetic vulnerabilities underlying

> > CFIDS, I guess, but CFIDS is just a description of symptoms that can

> > be caused by various infections. Nonetheless it is likely that many

> > different infections activate similar pathways, and perhaps one could

> > figure out a # of important genes underlying those pathways. It could

> > be hard to tease out, though.

>

> Jill, I don't think it's necessarily true that all CFIDS is caused by

> infections. There are a bunch of CFIDS folks over on the Immune list

> who can trace the origin of their illness to an acute chemical exposure

> (usually organophosphate pesticides). Some people have MCS without

> CFIDS, and others (like me) have MCS as a secondary development to

their

> CFIDS. I just think we don't know enough yet to throw out all avenues

> of research other than infections.

>

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> el (andreafrankel at sbcglobal dot net)

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> " wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... "

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