diagnosis

Abstract Background: Routine blood analytics are systematically used in the clinic to diagnose disease or confirm individuals’ healthy status. For myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a disease relying exclusively on clinical symptoms for its diagnosis, blood analytics...

rest of article here https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/features/cfs-me-test/

Published today in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management Lucinda Bateman, MD, Alison C. Bested, MD, Hector F. Bonilla, MD, Bela V. Chheda, MD, Lily Chu, MD, MSHS, Jennifer M. Curtin, MD, Tania T. Dempsey, MD...

Full title: Sex differences in the trajectories to diagnosis of patients presenting with common somatic symptoms in primary care: an observational cohort study Highlights • Sex differences exist in diagnostic trajectories of patients with somatic symptoms. • Men with somatic symptoms receive...

New Phage based test for borrelia A new Phage based test has been developed to detect borrelia bacteria in collaboration between Leicester University (Dr Martha Clokie https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/genetics/people/martha-clokie) and Phelix (Dr Louis Teulières) Paper here: Info about...

https://www.miragenews.com/new-clinical-trial-aims-to-improve-diagnosis-597717/

Abstract Background and Objective: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a severe illness with the hallmark symptom of Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM). Currently, no biomarkers or established diagnostic tests for ME/CFS exist. In Germany, it is estimated that over 300,000...

"This publication is provided for historical reference only and the information may be out of date." Introduction The AHRQ evidence report on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was published in December, 2014 and provided a literature review for...

Abstract in English The article presents a modern ecological approach to the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). CFS is views in terms of gene-environment concept. The basic data in patients with CFS, triggers of diseases that implement the mechanisms responsible for...

Abstract Background Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex and debilitating disease accompanied by muscular fatigue and pain. A functional measure to assess muscle fatigability of ME/CFS patients is, however, not established in clinical routine. The aim of this...

Key Points Question Do practitioners understand the probability of common clinical diagnoses? Findings In this survey study of 553 practitioners performing primary care, respondents overestimated the probability of diagnosis before and after testing. This posttest overestimation was...

Not new but thought it should be here. " Abstract Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been used to name a range of chronic conditions characterized by extreme fatigue and other disabling symptoms. Attempts to estimate the...

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that is characterized by widespread pain; fatigue; stiffness; reduced physical fitness; sleep disturbances; psychological symptoms, such as anxiety and depression; and deficits in cognitive functions, such as attention, executive function, and verbal memory deficits...

Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a persistent and unexplained pathological state characterized by exertional and severely debilitating fatigue, with/without infectious or neuropsychiatric symptoms, and with a minimum duration of 6 consecutive months. Its...

View ORCID ProfileJoao Torrado Malato, View ORCID ProfileLuis Graca, View ORCID ProfileLuis Nacul, View ORCID ProfileEliana Mattos Lacerda, View ORCID ProfileNuno Sepulveda Preprint Abstract Given the absence of a disease-specific biomarker, there are more than 20 symptoms-based case...

https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/21/1/4

While I anticipate we will have separate threads for all papers published in this issue, I thought I would highlight the accuracy, or otherwise, of the detail associated with the 'special issue'. Most bolding mine. From https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/Chronic_Fatigue A special...

https://n.neurology.org/content/neurology/early/2020/11/30/WNL.0000000000011151.full.pdf

Initially, I intended to write this as a response in another post, but I think it deserves its own post now. These thoughts have followed me for quite some time. I'd be interested in reading what your view on this is. I often bring this up because I can't concur with this kind of logic as I...

Paywall, https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2020/10/21/jnnp-2020-323141 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1136/jnnp-2020-323141