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PEM: Running out of battery & feeling intensely unwell: a carer’s perspective

PEM: Running out of battery & feeling intensely unwell: a carer’s perspective   I guess you’ve probably heard of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis – by its abbreviation ‘ME’. Maybe you’ve got an idea that it’s about being tired all the time. That … Continue reading

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Management: Lessons from ME/CFS for long COVID: Heart rate monitoring to manage PESE (PEM)

Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID: Part 4: Heart Rate Monitoring to Manage Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in JOSPT February 23, 2022 [doi.org/10.2519/jospt.blog.20220223] … Continue reading

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Research: A comprehensive examination of severely ill ME/CFS patients

A comprehensive examination of severely ill ME/CFS patients, by Chia-Jung Chang, Li-Yuan Hung, Andreas M. Kogelnik, David Kaufman, Raeka S Aiyar, Angela M Chu, Julie Wilhelmy, Peng Li, Linda Tannenbaum, Wenzhong Xiao, Ronald W Davis in Healthcare Vol 9, #10, p … Continue reading

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Warning signals of Post-Exertional Malaise in ME/CFS

Warning Signals of Post-Exertional Malaise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A retrospective analysis of 197 patients, by Alaa Ghali, Carole Lacout, Maria Ghali, Aline Gury, Estelle Delattre, Christian Lavigne and Geoffrey Urbanski in J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(11), 2517; … Continue reading

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COVID-19 symptoms over time: comparing long-haulers to ME/CFS

COVID-19 symptoms over time: comparing long-haulers to ME/CFS, by Leonard A Jason, Mohammed F Islam, Karl Conroy, Joseph Cotler, Chelsea Torres, Mady Johnson in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior 05 May 2021 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2021.1922140]   Research Abstract:  Introduction: Our objective was … Continue reading

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The Chronic Illness Survey Adventure – an international study of symptoms

The Chronic Illness Survey Adventure What is it?  An international survey-based study to probe more deeply into ME/CFS, long COVID, POTS, hEDS and MCAS – ‘Symptom Cluster Characterization in Complex Chronic Disease’. Who is behind it? It is a partnership … Continue reading

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Long COVID & ME/CFS – a systemic review & comparison of clinical presentation & symptomatology

Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – a systemic review and comparison of clinical presentation and symptomatology, by Timothy L Wong, Danielle J Weitzer in Medicina 2021, 57(5), 418; [doi.org/10.3390/medicina57050418]   Review abstract: Background and Objectives: Long COVID … Continue reading

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ME/CFS symptoms – videos of patients’ experiences

Dialogues for ME/CFS videos – Symptoms   The latest videos in the ‘Dialogues for a neglected illness’ series gives patients’ accounts of a variety of key symptoms experienced in ME/CFS.   Reduced Function – 20 mins How does the disease … Continue reading

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NICE draft ME/CFS guideline says ME/CFS is chronic, affecting multiple body systems

NICE says ME/CFS is a complex, chronic medical condition affecting multiple body systems   The draft of the revised NICE guideline has been published on November 10th 2020. It will be open for consultation until December 22nd. As a stakeholder … Continue reading

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Symptoms of ME/CFS

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