What kind of treatment is available for CFS patients?
RESPONSE: BASICALLY IT DEPENDS ON WHAT EXPOSURES OR ABNORMALITIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE PATIENT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES, SUCH AS IN AMINO ACIDS, VITAMINS, ETC. ARE FOUND, CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTS CAN HELP. FOR EXAMPLE, CHANGES IN PHOSPHATE, AMINO ACIDS, VITAMINS, MINERALS, ETC. CAN BE CORRECTED. IF CHRONIC INFECTIONS ARE FOUND, THEN SPECIFIC TREATMENTS ARE USEFUL, SUCH AS ANTIBIOTICS OR ANTIVIRALS. OFTEN ME/CFS PATIENTS HAVE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED BY VARIOUS TREATMENTS AND DRUGS, ALTHOUGH SUCH TREATMENTS MAY ONLY BE TREATING THE SYMPTOMS AND NOT THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE ILLNESS. WE STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT TRIGGERS OR CAUSES THESE CLINICAL CONDITIONS.
