It is rare but some people develop encephalitis from the Herpes Simplex (cold sore) virus. Acquired brain injury (i.e. not from birth) would be a...
Care homes being discussed on BBC R4 World at one right now
Mucous is what we cough up when we have chest infection. If you are unable to cough or are ventilated you need help to remove secretions. If a...
I had been away visiting my Mum and had been planning to come back yesterday, but came back early as the situation across the UK worsened. The...
Both the CCC and the ICC reference observations by Dr J A Goldstein describing a fall in body temperature after exercise in people with ME/CFS....
Reproducibility crisis in science was discussed on BBC Radio4 Inside Science on Thursday 16th Jan at 4.30pm. I hope this is the right link to BBC...
I had over a decade where I thought I was recovered, before becoming ill again in 2017 and have been unable to work since. I get the impression...
There was a short film and interview with the journalist on Newsnight last night (9th December) which I presume will be available on BBC iplayer
Would agree on all the advice above of HR monitoring on a stand test at home, before pursuing a referral. I had done it 3 times at home and the...
I don't know about the physiology behind it, but some personal observations after 18 months of HR monitoring. When I go into PEM my resting HR...
I struggle with the whole first sentence about what they think hope is and how they tie it into personal goal setting. More about tying it into...
I watched a bit of Doc Martin on UK tv last night. Amazed to see a (fictional) GP examining a patient and concerned about her tachycardia and...
This orchestrated joke telling stuff makes me think of a time when I was still working, and we used to have an annual week long training event for...
In my mother's nursing textbooks (she would have trained in the early 1950s) neurasthenia was described as affecting men of a sensitive, delicate...
I had to go to the dentist last week to have a broken tooth prepared for a crown. It took about an hour and 45 mins to have it ground back to a...
Personally I think this getting washed business is highly over-rated. Managing to feed myself has always seemed a higher priority (there is no-one...
Welcome Anna. I've only been a member for few months, after following for some time before that. I don't manage to post much, but really...
Jennie Spotilla writes about METs in relation to her 2 day CPET in her Occupy Me blog: http://occupyme.net/exercise-testing-and-results/ Full...
Years ago, when I worked with people with learning disabilities, we did training workshops where staff participants took turns to be 'patients'...
Hi, ladycatlover, there is an old fashioned outfitters in the next town to me which sells 'sensible' underwear. I have to go back there to the...
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