Dr Nancy Klimas on ME/CFS Research, Treatment | Episode 84

Dr. Nancy Klimas is one of the first researcher-clinicians to treat HIV-AIDS. The first ME/CFS patient arrived at her office in 1984; and since she has applied herself in that research and research on Gulf War Illness and related disease. Deborah Waroff interviewed her at her clinic within Nova South Eastern University in Fort Lauderdale.

[@sunshinenOJ]

Initially talking about Rituximab, then 9:13 Ampligen 10:50 the next thing: computational model /animal trials 14:40 mold/neuro toxin; 16:40 blood test (Dallas) micro toxin 18:00 gut flora

[@phrygianechinoderm]

Great interview! Noting that at 13:45 Dr Klimas touches upon what many have observed: the trigger for the disease is chronic stress plus a pathogen

[@azalea1404]

EXACTLY! That's what caused my and many other people's ME-disease.

[@goldilockz6517]

Explains a lot 🥺😭

[@69birdboy]

thank you nancy

[@willowithywindle]

Thank you once again.

[@KidCity1985]

Thank you for all your work.

[@Josh-pe5pl]

NK's passion for her work is evident in every speech or interview I watch and gives me hope. From what she said here, it looks like she has all the data they need to move to subgroups, but if they need more, I have a pretty extensive history starting in 1940 (!) when I was born, including family health history, my physical environments, diet, illnesses, lifetime sensitivities, exercise, psychological stresses, etc. I got CFS when I was 69 following a confluence of events: stress, OH surgery (MVR), bronchitis, and severe depression. Have never written up the med or psych history succinctly, but I'd do it if it could help. What research programs? There must be some way I can turn a slice of this lemon-life into lemonade!

[@erdemergaz6987]

Deborah and Nancy, we love you :)

[@pth9920]

NICE TO SEE YOU DR.NANCY KLIMAS.

[@paulacapetown2942]

How much are you collaborating/ communicating with the Norway Rituximab study people and others - Ron Davis; Jarred Younger? Seems there needs to be more sharing of ideas like the things you're talking about regarding trials and subsets.

[@phrygianechinoderm]

Great point! I'm not familiar with the Norway studies, however, there are a lot of dots to be connected between Davis, Younger, and Dr Myhill in the UK.

[@Ginette688]

What is the medicine that helps 30 percent of ME patients? Does anyone know? And what doctors (near california if possible) would prescribe this medicine? Or is it unavailable?

[@dansmith9724]

Is Klimas experimenting with any of the new cancer immunotherapies that increase nk and t cells in cfsers who test low for nk function.

[@gabrielaponte6403]

Did they control in studies on people exercising and measuring

[@slovokia]

Interesting idea of an animal model for CFS. Humans have a hard enough time diagnosing CFS in other humans.

[@suepete]

:)

[@erikjohnson4275]

No, Dr Klimas. There is no ambiguity here. As a "CFS researcher" it is your obligation to take heed of "Mold at Ground Zero for CFS", as reported to you by Dr. Shoemaker and an original prototype for the syndrome. Your pretense is transparent.

[@geoffreykeithbrown6433]

mold on the brain Erik

[@madbeggar]

No, it is not her obligation to take heed of every crackpot theory that floats across the Internet. E.g., in another video you claim that CFS is caused by a combination of alga bloom and crayfish, exacerbated by researchers who went for hikes while they were in Tahoe. GTFOOH.