Tag Archives: PEM
Beyond tired: an overview of the IOM report on CFS/SEID
Article: Beyond Tired: Is chronic fatigue syndrome a real medical condition? Yes, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine, which urges physicians to treat it accordingly, by Dolan, Darrach in Neurology Now, October/November 2015, Vol 11, Issue 5, … Continue reading
Deciphering PEM video lecture
Post-Exertion Malaise: The Intersection of Biology and Behavior A video lecture from SolveCFS, Published on Nov 21, 2015 Dr. Dane B. Cook is the Co-Director of the Exercise Psychology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Marsh … Continue reading
Webinar on Post-exertional malaise, Dr Dane Cook, 19 Nov 2015
On Nov. 19 2015, the Solve ME/CFS Initiative will hold a webinar with Dr Dane B. Cook. Dr Cook is the Co-Director of the Exercise Psychology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Marsh Center for Research in … Continue reading
Measuring post exertional fatigue
Research abstract: OBJECTIVE: To design and validate an instrument to capture the characteristic post-exertional exacerbation of fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). HIGHLIGHTS: Provides a new self-report measure of fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome Uniquely captures fatigue … Continue reading
Webinar on PEM June 18 2015, 6pm
Post-Exertional Malaise: History, Characteristics, Evidence a webinar from the Solve ME/CFS Initiative on Thursday Jun 18 2015, 6 – 7 PM BST Presented by Lily Chu, MD, MS [-Co-Vice President, International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Stanford University … Continue reading
The effect of submaximal exercise tests in ME/CFS
Research abstract: BACKGROUND Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating illness. Symptoms include profound fatigue and distinctive post-exertional malaise (PEM). We asked whether a submaximal exercise test would prove useful for identifying different patterns of tissue oxygen utilization in … Continue reading
Fatigue in MS and ME: similarities and differences
Cort Johnson in his blog Health rising asks if the fatigue found in MS and ME is similar or different: Simply looking at the symptoms indicated that MS is primarily a fatiguing disorder, and that MS patients may, in fact, … Continue reading
Could use of stress management skills improve PEM?
Research abstract Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is characterized in part by debilitating fatigue typically exacerbated by cognitive and/or physical exertion, referred to as post-exertional malaise (PEM). In a variety of populations, the cortisol awakening response (CAR) has stood out as … Continue reading
Prolonged fatigue [CFS] & cytokines post-West Nile Virus infection in USA
Simon McGrath comments on a research paper: Evaluation of Prolonged Fatigue Post–West Nile Virus Infection and Association of Fatigue with Elevated Antiviral and Proinflammatory Cytokines Extract: 31% of the cohort were fatigued at follow-up (44/140) and “Of those with fatigue … Continue reading
Important to distinguish ME (with Post-exertional malaise) from CFS
Abstract Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) was identified as a new clinical entity in 1959 and has been acknowledged as a disease of the central nervous system/neurological disease by the World Health Organisation since 1969. Cognitive impairment, (muscle) weakness, circulatory disturbances, marked … Continue reading
