From the Open Medicine Foundation –
“In this interview, Dr. Ron Davis and Dr. David Systrom, two of OMF’s Directors, discuss what they think is behind ME/CFS. These main ideas center around problems with oxygen supply and the ability to produce energy.”
The Heart of the Matter
- In an interview with Dr. Ron Davis and Dr. David Systrom, two of OMF’s Directors, they talk about what they think is behind ME/CFS. These main ideas center around problems with oxygen supply and the ability to produce energy.
- They also talk about connections between their research:
- Dr. Davis has found that red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body, move more slowly in people with ME/CFS when they have less oxygen in their blood. Dr. Systrom has found that people with ME/CFS aren’t able to take oxygen out of the blood as well as healthy people. Together, this indicates that there is a problem getting oxygen to specific places in the body.
- At those specific places, both Dr. Davis and Dr. Systrom have also found evidence that the mitochondria (parts of the cell that make energy) have problems functioning. This could mean that there are issues getting oxygen to muscles, for example, and also problems using the oxygen that does get there.
