{"id":46756,"date":"2025-05-08T23:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=46756"},"modified":"2025-05-08T23:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:28:23","slug":"myth-doctors-cannot-help-people-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/myth-doctors-cannot-help-people-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth: Doctors cannot help people with ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ME: Challenge the myths, champion the facts!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>On World ME day 12 May 2025 we invite you to join us in debunking 6 of the myths about Myalgic Encephalopmyelitis (ME\/CFS)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Myth 5: <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Doctors cannot help people with ME<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46669 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-11-768x960-1.png?resize=350%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"438\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-11-768x960-1.png?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-11-768x960-1.png?resize=120%2C150&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-11-768x960-1.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/438;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fact:<\/span> Doctors can help people manage ME symptoms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there is no cure for ME, there are compassionate ways to help patients manage their symptoms, in addition to pacing to prevent Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treating co-existing conditions and providing medications to address sleep disturbances, pain, and cardiac and neurological issues can offer significant relief. Offering at-home visits, online consultations and palliative care can make a big difference to someone suffering from Severe ME.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46709 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-12-768x960-1.png?resize=350%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"438\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-12-768x960-1.png?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-12-768x960-1.png?resize=120%2C150&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Myth-vs-Fact-World-ME-Day-2025-12-768x960-1.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/438;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Download<\/span> the\u00a0ME Factsheet\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Myalgic-Encephalomyelitis-ME-FactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Myalgic-Encephalomyelitis-ME-FactSheet-Welsh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welsh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Myalgic-Encephalomyelitis-ME-FactSheet-English-Easy-Formatting.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English easy-formatting<\/a>\u00a0(useful for text-speech software)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#WorldMEDay\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 #MyalgicE\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0#MEAwareness<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ME: Challenge the myths, champion the facts! &nbsp; On World ME day 12 May 2025 we invite you to join us in debunking 6 of the myths about Myalgic Encephalopmyelitis (ME\/CFS) Myth 5: Doctors cannot help people with ME Fact: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/myth-doctors-cannot-help-people-with-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-ca8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46765,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46756\/revisions\/46765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}