Understanding ME/CFS & Strategies for Healing - Paperback
by Patrick Ussher (Author), Prof Klaus Wirth (Author)
If you live with relentless exhaustion, post-exertional malaise (PEM), brain fog, or "normal" test results that explain nothing, this book will finally help you understand what's really going on.
Millions with ME/CFS, Long Covid, and post-viral fatigue are told their symptoms are a mystery. But emerging research may at last reveal the underlying mechanisms - and offer a path toward meaningful improvement.
In this clear, direct, and deeply hopeful guide, ME/CFS patient Patrick Ussher explains the breakthrough model proposed by Professors Klaus Wirth and Carmen Scheibenbogen. Their work brings together the major abnormalities seen in ME/CFS - low blood volume, microclots, autonomic dysfunction, mitochondrial impairment, autoimmunity, and more - into one interconnected cycle.
It may finally explain why activity triggers PEM, why rest doesn't restore energy, and why so many develop chronic fatigue after a viral illness.
This book goes far beyond theory. It offers practical tools, science-based insights, and real-world strategies that patients use to manage symptoms and improve quality of life.
Inside, you'll learn about:
- Breathing techniques to improve oxygenation
- Ancestral nutrition and gut repair
- Microclot-oriented treatment approaches
- Blood-washing procedures (HELP Apheresis & Immunoadsorption)
- The Perrin Technique
- The strengths and limits of neuroplasticity ("brain retraining")
- Pacing, PEM management, and mitochondrial support
- The promising potential "Mitodicure" medication - the first drug candidate in development specifically for ME/CFS
Patrick also shares his own ME/CFS journey with honesty and clarity: what has helped him, what has not, and how he learned to navigate a misunderstood illness with both realism and hope.
If you live with:
- ME/CFS
- Long Covid
- post-viral fatigue
- dysautonomia / POTS
- unexplained fatigue with normal blood tests
...this book will give you a clear framework for understanding your symptoms and practical strategies that may help you feel better.
Straightforward. Evidence-based. Patient-centred.
A guide for anyone seeking answers to this - up until now - most 'mysterious' of illnesses.
Includes a foreword by Prof. Klaus Wirth, co-developer of the Mitodicure therapy.