Yeah, it really is a question of what comes first. They only test for things like proinflammatory cytokines after someone gets RSD (or something else), and then speculation can begin about what is causing what (is the stress causing the inflammatory response or vice-versa?)

If they could predict who would get RSD, I think this would all be explained...except the same question applies, because in order to predict that phenomenon, I believe we must know the true cause of RSD. I think we all know that nobody's proven that yet, although there are a lot of theories. With Mike and Vicc on the case, who knows...

I'm glad you're having fun with this, Mike...I suppose it's a good discussion to have, but it's kind of stressing me out (ha-ha).

-Betsy