A look at what is inside Neenyah Ostrom's book on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Neenyah Ostrom's reporting on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic from 1988-1997 is getting increased attention thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He discusses her work extensively in his best seller, The Real Anthony Fauci. Ostrom's updated 2nd edition of America's Biggest Cover-Up blows the lid off one of the most shocking medical secrets of our time: the link between the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic and AIDS. Neenyah Ostrom, the New York Nativereporter who devoted a decade to investigating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), has written a book that could literally save millions of lives. A new Introduction written in 2022 examines how the plight of CFS patients has not improved since the book was first published in 1993: there is still no understanding of the cause of CFS, no diagnostic test, no biological marker, no approved treatment, and a continuing lack of recognition (and interest) in the medical profession about this life-destroying illness, even when it affects children.
CFS continues to compromise the health of America's children. It may be linked to the explosion of asthma, making children with asthma more susceptible to pneumonia, tuberculosis and other respiratory illnesses. As with adults, CFS affects the brains of children: kids who suffer from CFS often experience precipitous drops in their IQs and begin doing very poorly in school. In America's Biggest Cover-Up, Ostrom interviews most of the major researchers in the field, as well as countless patients and numerous government scientists. She uncovers so many similarities between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and AIDS—including infection with the same destructive virus, HHV-6—that she concludes they are part of the same epidemic.In this second edition, Ostrom questions why science is just as clueless about CFS as when America's Biggest Cover-Upwas published 29 years ago, and issues a plea to the medical establishment to stop ignoring the suffering of CFS patients.CHAPTERS INCLUDE:
29 Years Later: Introduction to the Updated Second Edition
1.Some CFS Patients May Be “Non-HIV AIDS” Cases
2.A Virus Found in AIDS Patients Is Also Found in CFS Patients with Brain Lesions
3.HHV-6 Kills an Important Immune System Cell in AIDS and CFS
5.A Virus Found in CFS Patients Has Been Linked to Miscarriage
6.HHV-6 Infections Can Be Fatal
7.A New Virus, HHV-7, Has Been Found in CFS
11.As in AIDS, the Immune System Is Both Over-Stimulated and Depressed in CFS
15.Magnesium Can Be a Missing Element in CFS
17.CFS Patients’ “Crimson Crescents” May Be Diagnostic of the Syndrome
18.CFS Patients May Develop a Cancer Similar to One in AIDS
20.CFS Patients Have a Brain Defect Similar to That Found in AIDS Dementia
21.There Can Be a Significant Weight Fluctuation in CFS
24.A Recent Rise in Childhood Asthma May Be an Effect of The CFS Epidemic
26.Pregnancy May Be a Disaster in CFS
27.Men with CFS Can Develop Chronic Prostate Infections
28.CFS Can Cause a Particular Type of Heart Murmur
34.CFS Patients Can Develop Serious Bladder Problems
35.Fingers Can Become Swollen in CFS
37.Hair Can Be Severely Affected by CFS
40.Sunbathing May Make CFS Symptoms Worse
42.Some CFS Patients Become Suicidal
43.Health Care Workers May Be at Increased Risk for CFS
44.CFS Can Result in Financial Disaster
45.A Drug Made from Pig Liver Appears to Help Some CFS Patients
47.The FDA Is Not Protecting the Blood Supply from CFS-Infected Blood
48.CFS Has a Powerful Patient Movement That’s Become Mired in Denial
49.The Two “Variants” of HHV-6 Appear to Act Very Differently
50.A Pig “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome” Virus May Cause CFS and AIDS
APPENDIX: Dr. Konstance Knox Explains Why HHV-6 May be the Key to Dealing with AIDS.
