Tag Archives: Post-exertional malaise
Post-viral fatigue in Covid-19
Post viral fatigue in Covid-19, by Karen Leslie, Dr Michelle Bull, Natalie Hilliard and Dr Nicola Clague-Baker in Frontline [Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Journal] June 2020 no. 6 Excerpt: What is post viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS), and how … Continue reading
Metabolic dysfunction in ME/CFS not due to anti-mitochondrial antibodies
Metabolic dysfunction in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome not due to anti-mitochondrial antibodies, by Isabell Nilsson, Jeremy Palmer, Eirini Apostolou, Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Muhammad Rizwan, Charlotte Dahle and Anders Rosén in Front. Med., 31 March 2020 [doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00108 ] Research abstract: Metabolic profiling … Continue reading
Video: ME & PEM (Post Exertional Malaise)
ME & PEM: English language video from Norway This 3 minute film will give you an introduction to PEM (Post Exertional Malaise). Once you’ve understood what PEM is about, you’ll know a lot more about the debilitating chronic disease … Continue reading
Post-exertional malaise is associated with greater symptom burden & psychological distress in patients diagnosed with CFS
Post-exertional malaise is associated with greater symptom burden and psychological distress in patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Marcella May, Sara F Milrad, Dolores M Perdomo, Sara J Czaja, Mary Ann Fletcher, Devika R Jutagir, Daniel L Hall, Nancy … Continue reading
Autonomic markers, CFS & post-exertion states
Autonomic markers, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-exertion states, by Fred Friedberg in Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol 127, Dec 2019, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109845] Article extracts: A large body of evidence suggests that autonomic imbalance, i.e., hyperactive sympathetic nervous system and hypoactive … Continue reading
Elevated blood lactate in resting conditions correlate with post-exertional malaise severity in patients with ME/CFS
Elevated blood lactate in resting conditions correlate with post-exertional malaise severity in patients with Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome by Alaa Ghali, Carole Lacout, Maria Ghali, Aline Gury, Anne-Berengere Beucher, Pierre Lozac’h, Christian Lavigne & Geoffrey Urbanski (France) in Nature Scientific … Continue reading
Video lecture by Dr Lucinda Bateman: Upright activity & exercise intolerance: critical concepts in the evaluation of chronic fatigue
Upright activity and exercise intolerance: critical concepts in the evaluation of chronic fatigue, by Dr Lucinda Bateman Dr Bateman talks to doctors. Duration 56 minutes. Topics covered: how she assesses and diagnoses patients with ME/CFS the questionnaires she gets … Continue reading
Rethinking the standard of care for ME/CFS
Rethinking the standard of care for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Fred Friedberg, Madison Sunnquist, Luis Nacul in Journal of General Internal Medicine, Published online: 21 October 2019 [doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05375-y ] Article abstract: For over two decades, the standard of … Continue reading
The risk of labelling CFS symptoms as unhelpful cognitive responses
The risk of labelling CFS symptoms as unhelpful cognitive responses, by Michiel Tack in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1–2 [Published June 18, 2019] https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104519853849 Letter to the editor: Loades, M. E., Rimes, K., Lievesley, K., Ali, S., & … Continue reading
