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“I would love to say it’s the fatigue but honestly it’s not”: Into Adulthood with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis A. Tenhave; R. Bognar; A. Sidis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a debilitating and poorly understood condition which interferes...

Characterisation and Management of Children and Young People Referred to a Paediatric Tertiary Post-COVID Service Anne-Lise Goddings; Rebecca Johnston; Elizabeth Wortley; Ria Patel; Holly Boyd; Fiona Newlands; Roz Shafran; Benjamin Baig; Elizabeth Whittaker; Terry Y. Segal PURPOSE Post-COVID...

Introduction: Chronic abdominal complaints are common in school-aged children. Most affected children do not have underlying organic diseases but suffer from functional gastrointestinal disorders. While many children with chronic abdominal complaints experience school problems, no prospective...

Impact of Long Covid on the school experiences of children and young people: a qualitative study Alice MacLean; Cervantee Wild; Kate Hunt; Sarah Nettleton; Zoë C Skea; Sue Ziebland Objectives To explore the impact of Long Covid (LC) on the school experiences of children and young people (CYP)...

Crawley E, Sterne JA. Association between school absence and physical function in paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy. Arch Dis Child. 2009 Oct;94(10):752-6. doi: 10.1136/adc.2008.143537. Epub 2008 Nov 11. PMID: 19001477. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19001477/...

Full title: The importance of school in the management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): issues identified by adolescents and their families Abstract Paediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a disabling condition. Schools play a...

Open access, https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/1/2/e000252 Reason for posting above https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e000252corr1 @dave30th

Paywall, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ped.13976 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/ped.13976

My Letter to Professor Hotopf About Bristol's School Absence Study Matthew Hotopf is a professor of general medicine psychiatry at King’s College London. He served as a peer-reviewer for a study by Bristol University investigators that was published in BMJ Open in 2011. The study involved...

http://www.virology.ws/2019/03/04/trial-by-error-who-has-the-school-study-documents/

I just came across this this morning and it fills me with what I can only describe as the collywobbles. Firstly how many children with severe ME will go to the GP or hospital? Almost never. What condition will the Dr/Paediatric know what to look out for? I now need a bucket of coffee and to...

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-council-hayle-school-failed-2419898

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17353513.girl-missed-school-for-months-due-to-oxfordshire-council-errors/

Sarah Jenette Knight1,2,3*, Jennifer Politis1,4, Christine Garnham1,4, Adam Scheinberg1,2,3,5 and Michelle Anne Tollit1,2,4,6 1Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3Department of Pediatrics, The University of...

http://metro.co.uk/2018/05/08/teenager-with-mes-life-has-been-transformed-by-a-robot-that-helps-her-learn-7529314/

Obviously not directly about ME but I'm sure it talks about many issues that parents of children with ME face. https://evolvepolitics.com/teachers-send-home-sick-asthmatic-5y-o-then-ban-him-from-xmas-party-for-poor-attendance/

New blog post today by David Tuller. - This post is about a serious issue–ethical approval for research studies involving children. It is also about how powerful institutions, like leading medical journals, respond to concerns. But the story is really too long and complicated. I recommend it...