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Research: Adults with ME/CFS report high rates of youth symptoms

Adults recall childhood experience of ME/CFS   Prof Leonard Jason’s team in Chicago surveyed 617 adults and found a surprisingly high number (43%) had begun feeling ill while adolescents. They analysed their symptoms and experiences and found common themes, which … Continue reading

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CFS/ME in adolescents: Practical guidance & management challenges

Practical guidance and management challenges of ME/CFS in adolescents Australian paediatrician Dr Katherine Rowe has written a paper for practitioners, based on her own experience, which reviews the current understanding of ME/CFS and highlights effective management strategies for adolescents. As … Continue reading

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Research: Long-term C-19 sequelae in adolescents: the overlap with OI & ME/CFS

Long-term COVID 19 sequelae in adolescents: the overlap with orthostatic intolerance and ME/CFS, by Amanda K Morrow, Laura A Malone, Christina Kokorelis, Lindsay S Petracek, Ella F Eastin, Katie L Lobner, Luise Neuendorff & Peter C Rowe in Curr Pediatr … Continue reading

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Research: Experiences…on educational adaptations for students with CFS/ME (Norway)

Experiences among school personnel and school nurses on educational adaptations for students with CFS/ME: A qualitative interview study, by Wenche Ann Similä,  Torstein Baade Rø and  Torunn Hatlen Nøst in Front. Pediatr., 11 November 2021 [doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.756963]   Research abstract: Introduction: … Continue reading

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Mental health screening in adolescents with CFS/ME

Mental health screening in adolescents with CFS/ME, by Maria E Loades, Paul Stallard, David Kessler & Esther Crawley in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2021) [doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01734-5]   Excerpts from Letter to the editor: Psychiatric co-morbidity in adolescents is common, with the … Continue reading

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CFS in children population: current knowledge summary

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in children population – current knowledge summary, by Monika Prylinska, Natalia Skierkowska, Weronika Topka, Małgorzata Kwiatkowska in Journal of Education, Health and Sport Vol 10, #9, 635-643, Sep 2020   Review abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelits (CFS/ME) … Continue reading

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How common are depression & anxiety in adolescents with CFS?

How common are depression and anxiety in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and how should we screen for these mental health co-morbidities? A clinical cohort study, by Maria E Loades, Rebecca Read, Lucie Smith, Nina T Higson-Sweeney, Amanda Laffan, … Continue reading

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Health-related quality of life in Norwegian adolescents living with CFS

Health-related quality of life in Norwegian adolescents living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by  Wenche Ann Similä, Vidar Halsteinli, Ingrid B Helland, Christer Suvatne, Hanna Elmi, Torstein Baade Rø in Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2020 Jun 5;18(1):170 [doi: 10.1186/s12955-020-01430-z]   Research … Continue reading

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Sleep problems in adolescents with CFS: a case-control study nested within a prospective clinical cohort

Sleep problems in adolescents with CFS: A case-control study nested within a prospective clinical cohort, by Maria Elizabeth Loades, Katharine A Rimes, Trudie Chalder in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, May 22 2020 [doi.org/10.1177/1359104520918364]   Research abstract: Sleep problems have … Continue reading

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Pediatric-onset Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in a single Tertiary Care Center

Pediatric-onset Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in a single Tertiary Care Center, by Anthony Staples, Nicolas R Thompson and Manikum Moodley in J Child Neurol. Vol 35, Issue 8, 2020 [doi: 10.1177/0883073820916260]   Research abstract: AIM: We characterize the pediatric postural orthostatic … Continue reading

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