Dr Betty Dowsett MB ChB DipBact    1920-2012

Ganwyd Dr Betty Dowsett yng Nghasnewydd, Gwent, ac astudiodd feddygaeth ym Mhrifysgol Caeredin. Gweithiodd fel meddyg teulu yn Llundain, yna, yn dilyn astudiaethau pellach, aeth yn ficrobiolegydd ymgynghorol. Cronnodd arbenigedd mewn ME, gan weld miloedd o bobl gydag ME o’r 1960au ymlaen wrth iddi weithio gyda Dr John Richardson a Dr. Melvin Ramsey. Roedd hi’n allweddol yn y gwaith o sefydlu’r clinig ME cenedlaethol yn Essex gyda’r Athro Leslie Findley. Parhaodd i ddarlithio a chynghori cleifion a gweithwyr proffesiynol ynglŷn ag ME wedi iddi ymddeol. Yn 2001, Dr Dowsett oedd y prif siaradwr pan lansiwyd WAMES yn y Cynulliad, ac mae hi wedi parhau i fod yn ymgynghorydd i ni.

Llyfryddiaeth:

•  The AHA Factor and the THREE HOLY GRAILS
• Brain problems in ME/CFS
• Britain and the US fail to agree Guidelines on ME/CFS for Physicians
• Diet, is it such a big deal?
• Does ME cluster in schools?
• The Enigma and the Paradox of ME A comprehensive patient’s information sheet
• Human Enteroviral Infections  in J of Hospital Infections 1988: Volume 11.103-15.
• Icelandic disease (benign myalgic encephalomyelitis or Royal Free disease) in BMJ 1977 May 21; 1(6072): 1350
• The late effects of ME: Can they be distinguished from the Post-polio syndrome?
• Long Term Sickness Absence due to ME/CFS in UK Schools: An Epidemiological Study With Medical and Educational Implications 
• Myalgic encephalomyelitis—a persistent enteroviral infection? Postgrad Med J. 1990 July; 66(777): 526–530. The full article is reprinted in The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, edited by Dr Byron Hyde.
• Redefinitions Of ME/CFS – A 20th Century Phenomenon
• Rehabilitation in ME
• A Rose By Any Other Name
• So, you have been diagnosed as suffering from M.E.! Advice to New Patients
• Thyroid function in ME 
• Time to put the exercise cure to rest
• Virus, what virus? 
• What is ME/CFS? (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) A Short Introductory Leaflet

Mae Dr Margaret Wright yn archwilio gwaith ymchwil Dr Betty Dowsett:  Questions hold the key to secret of post-viral fatigue cases