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Article: Red Blood Cells & CFIDS.(chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- November 1, 2001
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According to an article by Maryann Spurgin, PhD, New Zealand researcher Dr. L.O. Simpson has theorized that myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome (CFIDS), results from "insufficient oxygen availability due to impaired capillary blood flow." Simpson attributes the impaired capillary blood flow to smaller-than-usual capillaries and to the presence of abnormal red blood cells (nondiscocytes).
In healthy people, most red blood cells are smooth-surfaced and concave-shaped with a donut-like appearance. These discocytes have extra membranes in the concave area that give them the flexibility needed to move through ...