赤血球のマグネシウムと慢性疲労症候群
I M Cox1, M J Campbell, D Dowson
1Medical School, University of Southampton, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|March 30, 1991
まとめ
慢性疲労症候群 (CFS) の患者は,赤血球のマグネシウム濃度が低くなります. マグネシウム治療はCFSの症状を改善し,この状態の管理にマグネシウムの役割を示唆しました.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- クリニカル・メディシン 臨床医学
- 栄養科学とは,栄養科学である.
背景:
- 慢性疲労症候群 (CFS) は,原因不明の複雑な疾患である.
- 以前の仮説は,低マグネシウムレベルとCFSとの間に関連があることを示唆しています.
- 細胞のエネルギー生産と神経機能におけるマグネシウムの役割は確立されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 健康な対照群と比較して,CFS患者の赤血球マグネシウム濃度を調査するために.
- CFSの症状を改善するための筋肉内マグネシウム硫酸治療の有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 20人のCFS患者と20人のマッチングした健康な対照群を対象としたケース・コントロール研究.
- ランダム化,ダブルブラインド,プラセボ対照試験で,CFS患者の32人が6週間にわたって毎週筋内マグネシウム硫酸塩またはプラセボを投与されました.
- 赤血球のマグネシウム濃度の評価と,ノッティンガム健康プロフィールを用いて患者の報告したアウトカム.
主要な成果:
- CFSの患者は,対照群よりも赤血球マグネシウム濃度が著しく低かった.
- マグネシウム治療グループは,プラセボと比較して,エネルギー,感情的状態,疼痛の改善を報告しました.
- 赤血球のマグネシウム濃度は,マグネシウム治療群では正常化したが,プラセボ群ではそうではなかった.
結論:
- 赤血球マグネシウムの低濃度は慢性疲労症候群と関連しています.
- 筋内マグネシウム硫酸は,CFSの症状に対する治療的介入の可能性があることを示しています.
- CFS管理におけるマグネシウムの役割を確認するためにさらなる研究が必要である.
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