Scientists have proposed a way to deal with chronic fatigue syndrome – Russian newspaper

In recent years, scientists have noted a rapid increase in the number of people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Generally the disease manifests itself in the form of frequent cramps, insomnia, fatigue, and headaches. A new study by an international team of doctors, shows that chronic fatigue syndrome is biological. It is possible that in the future to diagnose this disease can be a blood test.

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“The results we results should accelerate the establishment of systems to diagnose this disease on blood samples, as well as help in developing strategies for its treatment “- quoted by RIA Novosti news agency the words of one of the study authors, Mady Hornig of Columbia University in New York (USA).

During the experiment, the scientists studied 700 blood samples of people with the syndrome. Were analyzed levels of 51 immune biomarker.

As a result, were able to identify certain structural changes in the immune system of patients. For example, in the blood of “fresh” carrier chronic fatigue syndrome, it is not affected by more than three years, scientists have found an increased number of molecules of the class of cytokines – specific signaling molecules, some of which control the operation of the immune system and protective systems integrated in each cell of an organism.

Some of these cytokines (eg, interleukin-17 and interferon-gamma) associated with the effects of acute viral infections, including infection with the Epstein-Barr virus, which has long been considered one of the potential culprits CFS.

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Interestingly, the” veterans “syndrome these cytokines were absent. According to scientists, all this may indicate that the syndrome is apparently triggered by single virus infection, penetration into the body leads to an imbalance in the immune system.

According to the researchers, although the causes of CFS to the end have not been studied, however, the decrease in the levels of interleukin-17, interferon-gamma and other cytokines that cause inflammation and makes the immune system switches to a “permanent state of emergency”, can help in the fight against the syndrome.

The results of the published in the journal Science Advances.

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