A member sent me this article and asked if I can post it to the forums if I felt it was pertinent. Although it does not directly talk about Meniere's, many of us including myself have issues with fatigue and it talks about an HSV infection in the vagus nerve. It is an interview with Michael Van ElZakker, PhD, a neuroscientist affiliated at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Tufts University. http://thelowhistaminechef.com/harvard-neuroscientist-dr-michael-van-elzakker-chronic-fatigue-vagus-nerve-link/ this is an exerpt from it Yasmina: Okay, I’m going to come back to that in a minute because I want to ask you a question about that, but how is an infection of the vagus nerve … We understand now that the vagus nerve is kind of a messenger nerve, in essence. It’s sending the signal to the brain. What kind of bacterial or viral infections are predominantly linked to this kind of infection of the vagus nerve that you’ve been seeing? Michael: I just want to make sure to clarify that this is a hypothesis and we’re working on proving it, we’re working on demonstrating that it’s accurate, or finding evidence. According to the hypothesis, there are a lot of pathogens that really like nerve tissue. That includes chicken pox, the herpes zoster virus, Epstein-Barr, HHV-6, some kinds of enterovirus, even the Lyme bacteria is a bacteria that really likes nerve tissue. I would say, not coincidentally, all of those are also pathogens that are linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Very interesting Vicki, it's insane but I was thinking about the vagus nerve for the past two days since I saw yanksgirl's post on her singing triumph. I will post in her thread what I mean. But with regards to this thread, this makes some sense. There is an autoimmune disease called Sjorgens syndrome which causes fatigue dry eyes, dry mouth etc in people. The fact it's "autoimmune" maybe would indicate a reason for the whiteblood cells to attack the vagus nerve in hopes of getting rid of those "pathogens" and other nerves that result in chronic fatigue syndrome. Something tells me that bacterial or fungal infections could be other causes. In which case Monolaurin Lauricidin might be beneficial! Have you considered taking monolaurin yourself Vicki?