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The real take away message is that the major risk factor is extremely severe acute Covid infection.

Self-reported fatigue and/or chronic fatigue was determined using the Chalder fatigue scale. Stopped there. Seriously. Subsequent comments from members simply confirmed that choice. At some point – and I think it is way past that point now – ignorance about the problems with studies like...

Check if the pills you are splitting are enteric coated to protect the contents against stomach acid. If they are then you should repackage the split pill into an enteric gelatine capsule. You can can buy them easily enough on eBay, chemists/pharmacists, etc. Look for the white ones, not the...

The idea that you could just become completely disabled out of the blue with something no one understands or can treat is a truth unpleasant for people to grapple with. And terrifying, which it is.

it is the subjective patient perspective alone that counts. Rubbish.

Small amounts, more frequently works better for me.

They look good, @forestglip. IIRC, formal medical photography uses standardised lighting, backgrounds, colour settings, perspectives, etc. May not need to go all the way, but do need to standardise variables like lighting, framing, size and resolution of image, etc, including a reference scale...

Correct. Just as there is nothing inherently wrong with radiotherapy, antibiotics, or blood-letting. But there is a huge problem when any therapy is used inappropriately or incorrectly.

The molecular signature between ME/CFS and long COVID can’t be compared easily as majority of the ME/CFS patients accumulate secondary biological features over time. It seems that how the body adopts to the stress of the disease over time makes it different. I assume he means 'adapts'? It...

‘Treatment which involves some social engagement, like group counselling or therapy, would be great for these patients. It is telling that when suggesting social engagement all she can come up with is formalised 'therapy'. Not construct a society that helps the elderly (and everybody else) find...

I thought it had been long accepted that getting a patient back to their normal home environment and daily routine, as soon as medically safe to do so, was optimal in almost all cases, and certainly what patients want.

@Robert 1973 New dedicated thread for this info here.

Clowns to left, jokers to right Here we are, stuck in the middle with woo

Plus the earlier submissions to Cochrane from Robert Courtney, Tom Kindlon, and Graham McPhee.

This is like claiming that a car which has only 10% left in the fuel tank is defective because it cannot go as far as one with a full tank.

Now that is interesting. :geek:

@DMissa Might be worth starting a dedicated thread for that. :thumbup:

Ultimately, the UK altered its NICE guidelines in 2021 to specifically recommend that people with mild to moderate CFS not be offered graded exercise therapy – going directly against the 2015 Cochrane recommendation. Not just NICE going against Cochrane and GET. Getting exercise guidelines for...

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Any doubts left about how utterly broken and corrupted Cochrane is on ME/CFS?