How does CFS relate to neurally mediated hypotension?
This is a new area of study. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered what appears to be a link between CFS and a well established cardiac condition called neurally mediated hypotension (NHM). The fact that this known cardiac condition has diagnostic tests and treatments that are already accepted by medical science has important implications for CFS research and medical care. The journal citations for these studies are listed at the end of question 1.03 above. To obtain a special edition of the CFS-NEWS electronic newsletter (edition #45) which describes this research, send the command GET CFS-NEWS 045 as an e-mail message to the address LISTSERV@HEALTH.STATE.NY.US . Neurally mediated hypotension, which is also known a vasodepressor syncope, involves mis-regulated blood flow and blood pressure which can lead to recurrent fainting. The Hopkins study seems to indicate that many more people who do not have recurrent fainting may nonetheless have this condition, *and* many i
