Tag Archives: OI
Intracranial compliance is associated with symptoms of orthostatic intolerance in CFS
Research abstract: Intracranial compliance is associated with symptoms of orthostatic intolerance in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Andreas Finkelmeyer, Jiabao He, Laura Maclachlan, Andrew M Blamire, Julia L Newton in PLoS One. 2018 Jul 3;13(7):e0200068 Symptoms of orthostatic intolerance (OI) are … Continue reading
Disequilibrium & orthostatic intolerance in patients with ME (CFS)
Research abstract: The etiologic relation between disequilibrium and orthostatic intolerance in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome) by K Miwa, Y Inoue in J Cardiol. 2018 Mar 24. pii: S0914-5087(18)30058-3 [Epub ahead of print] Highlights: Disequilibrium should be recognized as the important cause for … Continue reading
ME in children – Specialist lectures on video
Seminar on children and young people with ME/CFS – 2014 On November 12, 2014 the National Association for ME in Sweden organized a seminar on children and young people with ME/CFS. The seminar was conducted in cooperation with RME Stockholm and … Continue reading
Fatigue in OI subgroup improves with modafinil
Abstract Many patients who suffer from orthostatic intolerance (OI) may also have severe fatigue and extreme exercise intolerance. In some of these patients, fatigue may be so severe that they are unable to maintain employment. In some, even the activities … Continue reading
Cardiac dysfunction with a small heart is related to ME
Abstract The etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is unknown. Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) has been recently postulated to be the cause of CFS. Orthostatic intolerance (OI) has been known as an important symptom in predicting quality of life in CFS … Continue reading
Review of subgroups found in CFS
Review abstract We have been able to reduce substantially patient pool heterogeneity by identifying phenotypic markers that allow the researcher to stratify chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients into subgroups. To date, we have shown that stratifying based on the presence … Continue reading
