What Doctors Don't Tell YouResearch into Post-Polio syndrome and ME has made the astounding discovery that the virus that most often triggers ME is closely related to the one that causes polio. ...
Samantha? Suffering from pervasive refusal syndrome? I couldn’t believe it. Pervasive refusal syndrome (PRS) means refusing to interact with the world, and Samantha had asked for psychiatric help to cope with her severe ME (myalgic...
Re ME/CFS (WDDTY vol 14 no 12), the WHO categorises ‘chronic fatigue’ states as ‘Mental Health Problems and Behavioural Disorders’ under F48.0 whereas ME (and CFS) are classified as ‘Neurological Disorders’ under G93.3.
Most doctors finally accept that chronic fatigue syndrome or ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) does exist, even if they don't understand the cause. So let's start with what they do know. Women are more likely than men to get the condition, it's been...
The government has finally issued its long-awaited paper on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
One reader swears by the effectiveness of LDM-100 (a liquid tincture of the herb Lomatium Dissectum) for battling CFS while another believes that shifting the body's pH towards a more alkaline state is an answer to boosting energy levels (www...
CHRONIC FATIGUE: Tired old response from doctors
CHRONIC FATIGUE? We think not . . .
What is ME?
Myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), although treated as a 21st-century mystery, or all in the sufferer’s head, is a disorder of the nervous, immune and endocrine systems.
As ME is a collection of similarly presenting disorders, the most effective measures are those concentrating on ‘metabolic rehabilitation’, or treatments to help your body return to normal function.
