Carl-Gerhard Gottfries
Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, MD, PhD, is a Swedish professor, ME/CFS doctor, and founder of the Gottfries Clinic, Mölndal, Sweden. After developing chronic fatigue syndrome following a case of the flu, he discovered that monthly injections of a staphylococcus aureus vaccine boosted his immune system, successfully allowing him to return to work. He has continued using a staphylococcus vaccine injection every month for over fifty years.
Clinic[edit | edit source]
Gottfries Clinic AB (Gottfriesmottagningen), was previously financed through the health-care system, but now is privately operated. It is a specialty clinic for the 1) evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), chronic fatigue and widespread muscular pain, and 2) research for developing and treatment for such patients. Located at Krokslätts Torg 5, Mölndal, Sweden.[1]
2017 Ramsay Award[edit | edit source]
A team comprised of Dr. Jonas Bergquist and Dr. Jonas Blomberg of Uppsala University and Dr. Carl-Gerhard Gottfries and Dr. Olof Zachrisson of the Gottfries Clinic were awarded a 2017 Ramsay Award grant from the Solve ME/CFS Initiative for research into biomarkers for initiation (infection) and metabolic derangement in ME/CFS.[2]
Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]
- Carl-Gerhard Gottfries: A Swedish Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Story
- Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 1: Background and Vaccine
- Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 2: Experience and The Clinic
- Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 3: The Clinic and Urgent Needs
- Sept 2014, Interview with Professor Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Part 4: Continued Research
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2000, Nickel Allergy is Found in a Majority of Women with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Muscle Pain - and may be Triggered by Cigarette Smoke and Dietary Nickel Intake[3] (Abstract)
- 2006, Long-Term Treatment with a Staphylococcus Toxoid Vaccine in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[4] (Abstract)
- 2011, Murine gammaretrovirus group G3 was not found in Swedish patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia[5] (Full Text)
- 2012, No evidence for xenotropic murine leukemia-related virus infection in Sweden using internally controlled multiepitope suspension array serology[6] (Full Text)
- 2013, Epitopes of Microbial and Human Heat Shock Protein 60 and Their Recognition in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis[7] (Full Text)
- 2015, Response to Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia[8] [(Full Text)
- 2018, Infection Elicited Autoimmunity and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Explanatory Model[9] (Full Text)
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://www.gottfriesclinic.se/in-english/gottfries-clinic/
- ↑ http://solvecfs.org/2017-ramsay-award-program-results/
- ↑ Bjorn Regland, Olof Zachrisson, Vera Stejskal & Carl Gerhard Gottfries. (2000). Immunotherapy of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Therapeutic Interventions Aimed at Modulating the Th1/Th2 Cytokine Expression Balance. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, pp. 57-65. DOI:10.1300/J092v08n01_04
- ↑ Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Ove Häger, Björn Regland & Olof Zachrisson. (2006). Long-Term Treatment with a Staphylococcus Toxoid Vaccine in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Vol. 13, Iss. 4, pp. 29-40. DOI:10.1300/J092v13n04_04
- ↑ Elfaitouri, A; Shao, X; Mattsson Ulfstedt, J; Muradrasoli, S; Bölin Wiener, A; Golbob, S; Ohrmalm, C; Matousek, M; Zachrisson, O; Gottfries, C-G; Blomberg, J (2011), "Murine gammaretrovirus group G3 was not found in Swedish patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.", PLoS One, 6 (10), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024602
- ↑ Blomberg, Jonas; Blomberg, Fredrik; Sjösten, Anna; Sheikholvaezin, Ali; Bölin-Wiener, Agnes; Elfaitouri, Amal; Hessel, Sanna; Gottfries, Carl-Gerhard; Zachrisson, Olof; Öhrmalma, Christina; Jobs, Magnus; Pipkorn, Rüdiger (2012), "No Evidence for Xenotropic Murine Leukemia-Related Virus Infection in Sweden Using Internally Controlled Multiepitope Suspension Array Serology", Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 19 (9): 1399-1410, doi:10.1128/CVI.00391-12
- ↑ Elfaitouri, A; Herrmann, B; Bölin-Wiener, A; Wang, Y; Gottfries, C-G; Zachrisson, O; Pipkorn, R; Rönnblom, L; Blomberg, J (2013), "Epitopes of Microbial and Human Heat Shock Protein 60 and Their Recognition in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis", PLoS One, 8 (11), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081155
- ↑ Regland, Björn; Forsmark, Sara; Halaouate, Lena; Matousek, Michael; Peilot, Birgitta; Zachrisson, Olof; Gottfries, Carl-Gerhard (2015), "Response to Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia.", PLoS ONE, 10 (4), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124648
- ↑ Blomberg, Jonas; Gottfries, Carl-Gerhard; Elfaitouri, Amal; Rizwan, Muhammad; Rosén, Anders (2018), "Infection Elicited Autoimmunity and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Explanatory Model", Frontiers in Immunology, 2018 (9): 229, doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.00229