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I just read that recent research showed that there is a significant higher level of inflammation in the cerebral fluid of people with fibro.
I have taken blood tests (C Reactive Protein and Westergard Sedimentation Rate) that showed that I do not have any significant level of inflammation in my body. Could it be that, because of the "blood/brain barrier", blood tests cannot measure what's in the cerebral fluid?
Any thoughts on this?
What can be done to alleviate inflammation in the brain?
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I think if they had a way to reduce the inflammation in our brains, this board would be nonexistent. I don’t think that bloodwork could detect it. It would probably take a spinal tap or some other delightful procedure.
My policy is to read this stuff, take it with a grain of salt and put it away. No point in getting excited about a cure until there is one. Take care.
The fact is, we dont' know i fit's causative, correlative, or concidental. Many of us with Fibro *do* have other issues, after all. So... shake on some salt and see what we see. My neurologist has some doubts about it, and he spends half the year in the EU on research, so I tend to get good info from him....
Also: CRP and WSedimentation: if you're not red-zoned on those, that is GOOD.
Final note: Brain inflammation si a very dicey phrase for medical types.
Inflammatory markers in spinal fluid can show up for *many* reasons. Let's just keep calm and carry on.
Been on this fibro thing so long I remember when they decided it was all psychiatric, then viral, then autoimmune, now it's neuromuscular, who knows what the powers-that-be will decide it is by 2020? .... Color me nerdy but skeptical.
It is the Mass, General Hospital study.
They are not saying that they found a cure or treatment for fibro, just that they found this in their study. Perhaps this would lead somewhere...