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'''Arsenic''' is the chemical element of atomic number 33 (symbol '''As'''), a brittle steel-gray metalloid. It occurs naturally and is widely distributed through the earth's crust. It is highly toxic in its natural form and is present in groundwater in many locations.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/arsenic | title = WHO Fact Sheet: Arsenic | last = World Health Organization | first = | date = Feb 15, 2018 | website = World Health Organization| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date = 14 July 2018}}</ref> ==Types== ==Latency== ==Reactivation== ==Interactions with chronic fatigue syndrome== Researcher Walter Tarello has examined veterinary use of arsenic compounds thiacetarsamide sodium to treat animal illnesses that appear to resemble chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = 2003 | title = Immunological anomalies and thrombocytopenia in 117 dogs and cats diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12688127 | journal = Acta Veterinaria Hungarica | volume = 51 | issue = 1 | pages = 61β72|doi=10.1556/AVet.51.2003.1.6|issn=0236-6290|pmid=12688127}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = Jul 2001 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in 15 dogs and cats with specific biochemical and microbiological anomalies |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11440190 | journal = Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 165β185|issn=0147-9571|pmid=11440190}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = May 2001 | title = Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteraemia responsive to thiacetarsamide sodium in eight birds of prey | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15129582 | journal = Journal of Veterinary Medicine. B, Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health | volume = 48 | issue = 4 | pages = 267β281|issn=0931-1793|pmid=15129582}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = Jan 2001 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome in horses: diagnosis and treatment of 4 cases |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11131041 | journal = Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 57β70|issn=0147-9571|pmid=11131041}}</ref> Tarello and his wife, who works with him, are also both diagnosed with CFS and treated themselves with arsenic compound potassium arsenite, reporting remission.<ref name=":42">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = Oct 2001 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteremia, responsive to potassium arsenite 0.5% in a veterinary surgeon and his coworking wife, handling with CFS animal cases |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11561958 | journal = Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 233β246|issn=0147-9571|pmid=11561958}}</ref> ==Studies related to ME/CFS== *2001, Chronic fatigue syndrome in horses: diagnosis and treatment of 4 cases.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = Jan 2001 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome in horses: diagnosis and treatment of 4 cases |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11131041 | journal = Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 57β70|issn=0147-9571|pmid=11131041}}</ref> *2001, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in 15 dogs and cats with specific biochemical and microbiological anomalies.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = Jul 2001 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in 15 dogs and cats with specific biochemical and microbiological anomalies |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11440190 | journal = Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 165β185|issn=0147-9571|pmid=11440190}}</ref> *2001, Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteremia, responsive to potassium arsenite 0.5% in a veterinary surgeon and his coworking wife, handling with CFS animal cases.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = Oct 2001 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteremia, responsive to potassium arsenite 0.5% in a veterinary surgeon and his coworking wife, handling with CFS animal cases |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11561958 | journal = Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 233β246|issn=0147-9571|pmid=11561958}}</ref> *2003, Immunological anomalies and thrombocytopenia in 117 dogs and cats diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = 2003 | title = Immunological anomalies and thrombocytopenia in 117 dogs and cats diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12688127 | journal = Acta Veterinaria Hungarica | volume = 51 | issue = 1 | pages = 61β72|doi=10.1556/AVet.51.2003.1.6|issn=0236-6290|pmid=12688127}}</ref> *2006, Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteraemia responsive to thiacetarsamide sodium in eight birds of prey.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal | last = Tarello | first = W. | date = May 2001 | title = Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome associated with Staphylococcus spp. bacteraemia responsive to thiacetarsamide sodium in eight birds of prey | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15129582 | journal = Journal of Veterinary Medicine. B, Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health | volume = 48 | issue = 4 | pages = 267β281|issn=0931-1793|pmid=15129582}}</ref> ==See also== ==Learn more== ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category: Chemical elements]] [[Category: Triggers and risk factors]]
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