Take Action! What should the world #LearnFromME? There is only a week to go until World ME Day on the 12th of May, and as part of this year’s theme, #LearnFromME, the World ME Alliance has released a series of actions to help you make an impact. We want people in South Africa to take […]

Blue Sunday: The Tea Party for ME/CFS Blue Sunday: The Tea Party for ME/CFS Blue Sunday is a virtual global ME/CFS fundraising and awareness event founded by ME/CFS patient and advocate Anna Redshaw from Anna / M.E. myself and I. The ME CFS Foundation South Africa has the privilege of being included in Anna’s list […]

The metabolomic studies done thus far have highlighted potential energy production problems in ME/CFS. This big NIH-funded research center study certainly did that but it did something different as well: it was able to put together a coherent step-by-step story of how the energy problems occurred - and it did that focusing on a part of the cell nobody has paid much attention to.

Move Over POTS – Hypocapnia May be a Bigger Deal in ME/CFS Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) has always been thought to be the big deal regarding orthostatic intolerance (increased symptoms while standing or sitting) in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Something is definitely off in the respiratory systems of quite a few people with ME/CFS. […]

“Millions of people continue to suffer from exhaustion, cognitive problems and other long-lasting symptoms after a coronavirus infection. The exact causes of the illness, known as long Covid, are not known. But new research offers clues, describing the toll the illness takes on the body and why it can be so debilitating.” Josh Keller

Grand West Casino Hotel Invisible Disabilities exhibition Grand West Casino Hotel Invisible Disabilities exhibition event for employees on 3 December 2021   The ME CFS FOUNDATION SOUTH AFRICA, presented by Stefanus Sebastian and Retha Viviers, were joined by the amazing researcher Professor Resia Pretorius and her passionate PhD student Massimo Nunes both from the University […]

Long Covid Linked to Overactive Immune System Extract “This study provides the strongest evidence to date for a clear biological basis for the clinically apparent syndrome of long COVID,” Professor Anthony Kelleher, Director of the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, said in a press release. Kelleher and his colleagues analyzed blood samples from 62 patients […]

Retha Viviers & Dr Karin van der Merwe | Post Viral Syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeHt9nhAh08Retha Viviers and Dr Karin van der Merwe chat about  Post Viral Syndrome: Long Covid on Die Groot Ontbyt. Follow Us Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin More Posts: Retha Viviers & Dr Karin van der Merwe: Long Covid – Die Groot Ontbyt Read […]

Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue – Carte Blanche segment Follow Us Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin More Posts: Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue – Carte Blanche segment Read More Long Covid: An overview of biological factors – June 2021 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.698169/full Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An…. Read More The new NICE guidelines […]