This week we are talking about CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) or ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) faced by people from various ethnic groups.
Once dismissed as the ‘Yuppie Flu’, CFS or M.E is now recognised by the World Health Organisation as a neurological illness.
New medical research seems to indicate that M.E may actually be caused by abnormalities in a brain structure called the amygdale, which is deep in the unconscious brain.
Ashok Gupta, a Harley Street specialist in the treatment of M.E who used to suffer from the condition himself, developed the theory based on his medical research and work with patients.
There is a growing movement in the M.E community concluding that the condition is caused by over-stimulation of the stress system due to brain abnormalities. A recent observational study on his techniques seemed to show that 80% of patients significantly improved as a result of his treatments, which involve ‘retraining the amygdala’ using various advanced techniques.
Gupta is keen to emphasise that M.E is a real physical condition with real physical conditions, and is definitely not ‘in the mind’. Gupta has published a medical paper in a Medical Journal which outlines his explanations as to what causes ME. He believes that the condition is caused by a brain structure called the amygdale, which is deep in the unconscious brain. He believes that a trauma occurs in the amygdale when someone experiences a particularly difficult virus whilst under severe stress and the combination of these two affects this trauma. This means that the amygdala, which is responsible for our stress response, overreacts continuously, constantly stimulating the body with stress hormones, and therefore causing all of the symptoms.
The condition is being taken seriously with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issuing guidelines to GPs and health professionals that they should acknowledge the reality and impact of the illness and its symptoms.
An estimated 250,000 people in the UK suffer from ME. It can affect anyone but most commonly strikes people aged 20-40. Sufferers of this illness report that their symptoms began after a viral or bacterial infection, or a period of stress. It can develop slowly over months or years and some people do seem to recover from it, though an estimated 25% suffer chronically and are left bed bound or housebound for many years.
Gupta has conducted an observational study on 33 patients on his techniques, and he found that the success rate in terms of people improving was around 80% with the final full recovery rate estimated to be 70-80%.
His Recovery Programme has now become available as a fully interactive DVD programme so that patients from all over the world can benefit from the treatment. Gupta is so convinced that it will work for people that he guarantees that it will help them recover within 6 months!
For further information, please visit www.cfsrecovery.com and read more about his techniques and see video testimonials of patients who have recovered on this recovery programme.
To contact Ashok Gupta or for any additional information about his work and DVD please email on info@cfsrecovery.com