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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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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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Symptoms of ME/CFS

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4 key characteristics of ME identified in 3 countries

Research abstract: The present study attempted to identify critical symptom domains of individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Using patient and control samples collected in the United States, Great Britain, and Norway, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was … Continue reading

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Accurate diagnosis of ME and CFS based on objective test methods for characteristic symptoms

Article abstract: Although myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are considered to be synonymous, the definitional criteria for ME and CFS define two distinct, partially overlapping, clinical entities. ME, whether defined by the original criteria or by the … Continue reading

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