Tag Archives: SEID

Post-acute COVID-19 symptoms, a potential link with ME/CFS (Mexico)

Posted on 06/22/2021 by wames

Post-acute COVID-19 symptoms, a potential link with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A 6-month survey in a Mexican cohort, by J Antonio Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Jhanea Patricia Martinez-Lopez, Sofia Antonieta Carrillo-Lampon, Dayanara Ruiz-Ojeda, Sharon Herrera-Ramirez, Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra, Maria del Rocio Martinez-Alvarado in … Continue reading →

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Solving the ME/CFS criteria & name conundrum: the aftermath of IOM

Posted on 04/30/2020 by wames

Solving the ME/CFS criteria and name conundrum: The aftermath of IOM, by Leonard A Jason, Madeline Johnson in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 28 Apr 2020   Article abstract: In 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposed a new name … Continue reading →

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Differential diagnosis between “chronic fatigue” and “chronic fatigue syndrome”

Posted on 06/21/2019 by wames

Differential diagnosis between “chronic fatigue” and “chronic fatigue syndrome”, by Chang-GueSon in Integrative Medicine Research, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2019, Pages 89-91 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2019.04.005] Commentary: Fatigue is a common complaint experienced by most of subjects during lifetime, which affects approximately … Continue reading →

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SEID diagnostic criteria applied on an adolescent CFS cohort

Posted on 04/18/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Systemic exertion intolerance disease diagnostic criteria applied on an adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome cohort: evaluation of subgroup differences and prognostic utility, by Tarjei Tørre Asprusten, Dag Sulheim, Even Fagermoen, Anette Winger, Eva Skovlund, Vegard Bruun Wyller in BMJ Paediatrics … Continue reading →

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A comparison of case definitions for ME & CFS

Posted on 11/09/2017 by wames

Research abstract: A Comparison of Case Definitions for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Madison Sunnquist, Leonard A Jason, P Nehrke, Ellken M Goudsmit in Chronic Dis Manag. 2017;2(2). pii: 1013. Epub 2017 May 21 Many professionals have described the … Continue reading →

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Is SEID comparable to research case definitions of CFS?

Posted on 08/12/2017 by wames

Two groups of American researchers debate the appropriateness of using case definitions for research purposes. Article abstract: Mistaken conclusions about systemic exercise intolerance disease being comparable to research case definitions of CFS: a rebuttal to Chu et al., by Leonard A. Jason, Madison Sunnquist, Kristen … Continue reading →

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Patients diagnosed with ME/CFS also fit SEID criteria

Posted on 03/15/2017 by wames

Research abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) remains undiagnosed in up to 91% of patients. Recently, the United States-based Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed new diagnostic criteria, naming it systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID). Purpose: We examined how subjects fit SEID criteria … Continue reading →

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The real story about CFS: a devastating illness that needs a better name

Posted on 10/21/2016 by wames

Garnet news article by Maureen Hanson, 19 October 2016: The real story about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a devastating illness that needs a better name Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an illness that many may have heard of, but few, in reality, know … Continue reading →

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Canadian evidence-based ME/CFS diagnosis and management

Posted on 03/04/2016 by wames

Article abstract: This review was written from the viewpoint of the treating clinician to educate health care professionals and the public about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). It includes: the clinical definition of ME/CFS with emphasis on how to diagnose ME/CFS; … Continue reading →

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Replacing ME and CFS with SEID is not the way forward

Posted on 02/11/2016 by wames

Abstract of discussion paper: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), described in the medical literature since 1938, is characterized by distinctive muscular symptoms, neurological symptoms, and signs of circulatory impairment. The only mandatory feature of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), introduced in 1988 and redefined … Continue reading →

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