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Exposure to '''tung oil''' has been implicated as a potential trigger for the development of [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] ([[ME/CFS]]). While not considered a major cause of the illness, it is believed that tung oil exposure may be the cause of some individual cases. Tung oil, also known as China wood oil, is a drying oil extracted from the nut of the tung tree. It is commonly used as a wood finisher for furniture and other products, as well as on stone surfaces such as granite or marble. ==Theory== *Dr [[Paul Cheney]] has said that tung oil may reactivate the mono virus that is latent in 90-percent of adults.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cfsuntied.net/2015/09/08/cfs-the-invisibled-disease/ | title = CFS–The “Invisibled” Disease | last =Castle | first = Khaly | date = 2015-09-08 | website = CFS Untied|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> *[[Richard Van Konynenburg]] describes tung oil as a toxin that can conjugate glutathione and remove it from the body.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://phoenixrising.me/research-2/glutathione-depletionmethylation-blockades-in-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/is-glutathione-depletion-an-important-part-of-the-pathogenesis-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-by-richard-van-konynenburg-independent-researcher | title = Is Glutathione Depletion an Important Part of the Pathogenesis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? by Richard Van Konynenburg (Independent Researcher) | website = Phoenix Rising|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> *Dr [[Jay Goldstein]] has noted that many of his ME/CFS patients became ill after exposure to tung oil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120413163624/http://www.cfids-cab.org/cfs-inform/Optimists/goldstein98.html | title = The CFIDS Chronicle Physicians' Forum Fall 1993 | date = 2012-04-13 | website = web.archive.org|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> He has theorised that inhaled tung oil may cause CFS through overstimulation of Protein kinase C.<ref>Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia Syndrome, and Related Neural Network Disorders, pp 126-7. [[Jay Goldstein]]. Routledge, 2013</ref> *Dr [[Carol Jessop]] reported that most of her patients had been exposed to tung oil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19860727&id=p5wrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780,8254471&hl=en | title = The Telegraph - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> ==Evidence== *Tung oil is known to potently reactivate Epstein-Barr virus. The phorbol ester HHPA in tung oil reactivates EBV.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/cfstestingandtreatmentroadmap/ | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — A Roadmap For Testing And Treatment|website=sites.google.com|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> *Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.<ref>{{Cite journal | last= Jones | first = J F | last2 = Straus | first2 = S E | date = 1987 | title = Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Infection|url=https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.me.38.020187.001211|journal=Annual Review of Medicine|volume=38|issue=1|pages=195–209|doi=10.1146/annurev.me.38.020187.001211|pmid=3034134}}</ref> ==Learn more== ==See also== * [[Pesticide exposure link to ME/CFS]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Triggers and risk factors]]
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