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Re:Scientists Edge Closer To Lab Test For Chronic Fatigue Sy... by Reason077 on Monday July 31, 2017 @07:12PM (#14896666)
You'd think the answer would be easy to figure out. If you successfully treat the inflammatory illness, does the depression go away?
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Re:Scientists Edge Closer To Lab Test For Chronic Fatigue Sy... by jdietrich on Monday July 31, 2017 @08:34PM (#14897041)
The answer to that question just muddies the waters further. Anti-inflammatory drugs have been shown to have some anti-depressant effect, while anti-depressant drugs have been shown to have some anti-inflammatory effect. In both cases, the effect size is fairly small.

It would be nice to find a simple cure for a complex and diffuse set of symptoms, but we haven't had any luck so far. In all likelihood there are multiple interacting factors that affect the progression of depressive disorders, with no singular cause.

http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/mp201616... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194072/

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Re:Scientists Edge Closer To Lab Test For Chronic Fatigue Sy... by smallnamespace on Monday July 31, 2017 @07:20PM (#14896706)
> If you successfully treat the inflammatory illness

How do you know you completely succeeded?

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Re:Scientists Edge Closer To Lab Test For Chronic Fatigue Sy... by jonlucc on Monday July 31, 2017 @08:41PM (#14897066)
This is not my field, but you can measure inflammation a couple of ways. One is by quantifying cytokines present and another one is to count blood cells.
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