Moderator note: Use this thread to discuss the possibility of an ME/CFS or ME/CFS-like illness following Covid-19. Initial posts have been moved...
Katharine Cheston discusses the isolation, disbelief and stigma experienced by people with poorly understood medical conditions Autobiographical...
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CHS) [sic] is a long-term, often misunderstood disorder that affects multiple body systems. It’s also referred to as...
A great Stat news article by David Tuller @dave30th [MEDIA] Seeking the causes of post-Covid symptoms, researchers dust off data on college...
This thread includes posts from threads on articles in the New Yorker and the Guardian. Any new articles should be posted here. Quote from the...
Anxious About ‘Re-Entering’ The World? You’re Not Alone. This Advice Will Make It Easier The Spanish call it síndrome de la cabaña (cabin...
Parkinson's disease symptoms mainly relate to movement because the condition results in a loss of nerve cells in the part of the brain responsible...
More interesting stuff from Goodelf, a two part article on MUS https://opposingmega.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/so-what-if-23-get-worse-2/ Part 1:...
Interesting essay 4,900 words long. In 1877, the neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia published a therapeutic guidebook called Fat...
Some survivors of acute bouts of Covid-19 experience a range of persistent medical issues — some lasting for weeks, or even months — that include...
Abstract A current problem regarding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is the large proportion of doctors that are...
The equality watchdog failed to consult its own committee of disabled advisers before deciding not to investigate deaths of benefit claimants that...
I’m thrilled to share this guest post by Jennie Spotila. Jennie is one of the top patient-advocates for myalgic encephalomyelitis (also known as...
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/science-needs-to-look-inward-to-move-forward I thought that the article was unduly positive about some of...
by Giada Da Ros Abstract: Since the end of the 20th century, the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome community tried to create...
During this pandemic, we have seen a spotlight shone brightly on chronic illness like never before. That those with pre-existing health conditions...
The NHS is facing a “post-viral tsunami” with thousands of people struggling to recover from Covid-19 and experiencing symptoms of the...
It has taken a long time for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), or chronic fatigue syndrome as it is also known, to be treated with the seriousness...
Hundreds of families whose children suffer from the debilitating condition ME have faced child protection investigations in the past decade, The...
Never in the modern scientific era have so many people been infected with the same virus in such a short period of time. And if the history of...
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