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- Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:16 pm
- Forum: physical activity & exercise
- Topic: Elevated heart rate days after exertion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5313
Elevated heart rate days after exertion
After turning blue one night, I got a pulse oximeter and have begun monitoring my pulse and oxygen, and trying to use it as a guide for how active I can be. Basically I noticed that after exertion, my heart rate would be elevated (which is normal), but then it would stay elevated for hours, sometime...
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:22 pm
- Forum: physical activity & exercise
- Topic: Old patient harmed by exercise programs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6392
Re: Old patient harmed by exercise programs
• A manageable increase in symptoms is normal (this reduces in time), but an ongoing deterioration is not Thank you for the information. Regarding the above quote, I'm wondering how we can tell if it's going to be a temporary increase in symptoms, or an ongoing deterioration? Due to the delayed nat...
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:14 pm
- Forum: diet
- Topic: What causes my reaction to foods?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3964
What causes my reaction to foods?
I didn't have any food problems prior to getting sick, aside from mangoes. But now if I eat gluten, eggs, cranberries, soy, milk proteins, or some other things, I seem to have some sort of immune reaction. Usually it's full-body swelling, which typically lasts about a day after eating the "bad&...
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:01 pm
- Forum: diet
- Topic: What supplements can help?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12376
Re: What supplements can help?
Since magnesium isn't recommended, is there something else that might help with my muscle twitches, spasms, cramps, and constipation? I have been taking it for two years and it seems to make a huge difference for those symptoms unless I stop taking the magnesium. Is there something better researched...
- Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:26 am
- Forum: physical activity & exercise
- Topic: Abnormal muscle function in ME?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14138
Re: Abnormal muscle function in ME?
Jessica, I must say I am confused by this statement: "I also agree that it’s ‘not just deconditioning’. Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) appears to work for people not because it’s reversing deconditioning, but because it’s changing the perception of effort." I'm afraid I haven't seen any stu...