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Paywalled article in a Swedish local paper today: "Jag får kämpa jättehårt för att klara av mammalivet" – Madelenes vardag raserades av ME https://www.tidningenangermanland.se/2022-04-24/jag-far-kampa-jattehart-for-att-klara-av-mammalivet--madelenes-vardag-raserades-av-me

The following forum thread has more info on related studies by the same research group: Leakage of astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles in stress-induced exhaustion disorder, 2021, Wallensten et al

Isoforms of soluble vascular endothelial growth factor in stress-related mental disorders: a cross-sectional study Johanna Wallensten, Fariborz Mobarrez, Marie Åsberg, Kristian Borg, Aniella Beser, Alexander Wilczek & Anna Nager "Abstract Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been...

The Swedish website forskning.se recently published an article about biomedical research into various mental health conditions, including the diagnosis that in Sweden is known as exhaustion disorder (utmattningssyndrom, formerly utbrändhet or utmattningsdepression). This study was mentioned...

Leakage of astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles in stress-induced exhaustion disorder: a cross-sectional study Johanna Wallensten, Anna Nager, Marie Åsberg, Kristian Borg, Aniella Beser, Alexander Wilczek & Fariborz Mobarrez "Abstract Patients with stress-induced exhaustion disorder (SED)...

Swedish author Fredrik Blomqvist will soon be talking about ME in an interview, in the local newspaper Mariefredsposten.

Paywalled opinion piece in Swedish newspaper DN today, written by a psychologist. Insändare. ”Lyssna på oss som drabbats av vaccinets biverkningar” https://www.dn.se/insandare/lyssna-pa-oss-som-drabbats-av-vaccinets-biverkningar/

Swedish ME expert doctor/researcher Per Julin, who works at a long covid clinic nowadays, was quoted in a (paywalled) news article yesterday: "I don't equate ME with long covid, you don't get lung problems in ME for example. But there are some similarities." I'd be very interested to hear more...

ME on Swedish breakfast TV today: TV4 Nyhetsmorgon: Niklas lever med svåra sjukdomen ME: ”Man får hela sitt liv kidnappat” https://www.tv4.se/artikel/7DKJXCVMcpleEzzMY6UH2c/niklas-lever-med-sjukdomen-me-man-far-hela-sitt-liv-kidnappat Osynliga symptomen vid ME-sjukdom: ”Kan vara en tortyr”...

Paywalled article in a local Swedish newspaper today. Björns långa vandring – efter kampen mot den svåra sjukdomen: "Ta det med ett brett leende" Han har redan vunnit en stor match, från att vara totalt utslagen till att springa ett maraton. Nu tar Björn Eklund nästa kamp – en promenad från...

Two paywalled articles in the Swedish newspaper GP today: Benjamin blir sjuk av att ta en promenad Livsstil / Benjamin Glänte, 24, är ständigt trött och blir sjuk av en promenad. Efter en omgång körtelfeber för sex år sedan fick han kroniskt trötthetssyndrom, en omtvistad diagnos utan bot. –...

There will be a webinar on post covid, in Swedish, Friday 6 May, 10.00-12.00. Free of charge, open to anyone. Registration is required. Program and registration: https://www.hjart-lungfonden.se/postcovid/ Organizers: the Swedish Heart Lung Foundation in collaboration with the Royal Swedish...

This is from October 2019. MillionsMissing Finland wrote on Facebook: "Finnish children with M.E. have increasingly started to be taken into care by the state against their own and parents will. Yesterday Iltalehti -newspaper reported on a 15-year old M.E. patient, Petteri, who was taken from...

The Finnish language is amazing :)

Great idea for a brainstorming thread, @Dolphin! :) I would definitely include a link to the Dialogues for a Neglected Illness project: https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/post-exertional-malaise/ https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/severeme/ Information about PEM is top priority for...

News article from May 2021, about Helsinki University Hospital's (HUS) clinic for functional disorders (opened in May 2019). "Det är inget annat än hjärntvätt" – HUS förespråkar kontroversiell vård till patienter, också postcovidpatienter har hänvisats till samma klinik...

News from 23 February 2021: The very first Finnish consensus guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of ME, published by Duodecim. Terveysportti: Krooninen väsymysoireyhtymä (ME/CFS) Hyvä käytäntö -konsensussuositus https://www.terveysportti.fi/apps/ltk/article/hsu00019?toc=476592

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A GP comments on this, on Twitter: