CFIDS and anesthesias

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Anesthesia and CFIDS

National CFIDS Foundation, Inc.

103 Aletha Rd., Needham, MA 02192-3931

 

Phone (617) 449-3535

Fax: (617) 449-8606, (617) 925-3393

 

Attention Anesthesiologists and Physicians

Information Regarding Anesthesia

" I would recommend that potentially hepatoxic anesthetic gases not

be used including Halothane. Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

are known to have reactivated herpes group viruses which can produce

mild and usually subclinical hepatitis. Hepatotoxic anesthetic gases

may then provoke fulminate hepatitis. Finally, patients with this

syndrome are known to have intracellular magnesium and potassium

depletion by electron beam x-ray spectroscopy techniques. For this

reason I would recommend the patient be given Micro-K using 10mEq

tablets, 1 table BID and magnesium sulfate 50% solution, 2cc IM 24

hours to surgery. The intracellular magnesium and potassium

depletion can result in untoward cardiac arrhythmias during

anesthesia. For local anesthesias, I would recommend using Lidocaine

sparingly and without epinephrine. "

 

 

- Paul R. Cheney, MD, PhD, 1992

 

" Suggestions on anesthesia include using Diprivan (propofol) as the

induction agent along with nitrous oxide and isoflurane (Forane) as

the maintenance agent. The ones to avoid are histamine releasers

that include sodium pentothol as well as a broad group of muscle

relaxants in the Curare family, including Tracrium and Mevacurium. "

 

 

- Patrick. L. Class, MD, 1996

 

Additional note on the reference to hepatitis: When I came down

with CFIDS 6 months after gall bladder surgery, it manifested as

hypatitis. There was nothing subclinical about it. I itched so

badly I had to be placed on antihistamines. My eyes turned yellow,

and my urine turned reddish brown. I had an abnormal liver profile.

A test for mono was positive. BTW, the two leading causes of

mononucleosus (glandular fever) are the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) and

Cytomegalovirus (CMV). Both are members of the herpes family of

viruses.

 

An additional note on CMV. It's the virus that kills a lot of

transplant patients. New medicines have decreased the death rate

from CMV in transplant operations, but it's still a problem. It's

one of the many reasons why PWCs are discouraged from being bone

marrow donors. (PWCs are prone to catching viruses in the herpes

family, and because immune system function is abnormal, the

infection may or may not be active. Some of the techniques for

gathering bone marrow could cause the PWC to become sicker and

reactivate the virus.) CFIDS is the only medical condition that the

National Bone Marrow Registry has concerns about because of risks to

BOTH the donor and recepient. At least this is how it was a few

years ago.

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