Tag Archives: symptoms
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
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
The Chronic Illness Survey Adventure – an international study of symptoms
The Chronic Illness Survey Adventure What is it? An international survey-based study to probe more deeply into ME/CFS, long COVID, POTS, hEDS and MCAS – ‘Symptom Cluster Characterization in Complex Chronic Disease’. Who is behind it? It is a partnership … Continue reading
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
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
NICE draft ME/CFS guideline says ME/CFS is chronic, affecting multiple body systems
NICE says ME/CFS is a complex, chronic medical condition affecting multiple body systems The draft of the revised NICE guideline has been published on November 10th 2020. It will be open for consultation until December 22nd. As a stakeholder … Continue reading
Diagnosis & symptoms of CFS/ME in children in Norway
Research abstract: Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a complex condition. Causal factors are not established, although underlying psychological or immunological susceptibility has been proposed. We studied primary care diagnoses for children with CFS/ME, with children with another hospital … Continue reading
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
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
