61. About Myalgic Encephalomyelitis A General Overview information and advice to health professionals and patients. Thispage contains an overview of myalgic encephalomyelitis. http://www.webhealth.co.uk/WebHealth_A-Z_of_Health/About_Myalgic_Encephalomyelit

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS) This section provides only an overview of ME/CFS and is intended as a starting point to people who are unfamiliar with the condition and its history. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS) Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) are all names for a condition of uncertain cause(s) affecting many thousands of people. All types of people at all ages are affected. Severe and debilitating fatigue, painful muscles and joints, disordered sleep, gastric disturbances, poor memory and concentration are commonplace. In many cases, onset is linked to a viral infection. Other triggers may include an operation or an accident, although some people experience a slow, insidious onset. Effects In some the effects may be minimal but in a large number, lives are changed drastically: in the young, schooling and higher education can be severely disrupted; in the working population, employment becomes impossible for many. For all, social life and family life become restricted and in some cases severely strained. People may be housebound or confined to bed for months or years. Prognosis Recovery is variable and unpredictable: some people may recover completely, although it may take a number of months or years; in the majority, recovery is only partial and typically follows a slow course of variable improvement and relapse; in a small but significant minority, the symptoms become more severe as time proceeds.

62. Canadian Expert Consensus Panels For Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Canadian Expert Consensus Panels for myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic FatigueSyndrome Fibromyalgia Held March 30th to April 1, 2001 in Toronto Canada. http://www3.sympatico.ca/me-fm.action/update.html

63. The Homeopathic Approach To Myalgic Encephalomyelitis The Homeopathic Approach to myalgic encephalomyelitis. This syndromeis known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in Great Britain http://www.chiroweb.com/archives/09/16/23.html

Search ChiroWeb! Other MPAmedia Alternative Health Site Links Acupuncture AcupunctureToday.com Massage Therapy MassageToday.com The Homeopathic Approach to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis This syndrome is known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in Great Britain and Australia, and epidemic neuromyasthenia (EN) in the United states, and seems to be approaching epidemic proportions in this decade. The syndrome leaves a clinical feature of fatigue and a degree of physical incapacity, and is often termed chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The symptoms usually last from two to six years. ME and the Aftermath: When no medical explanation is afforded for a baffling situation, it is usually thrown into the "too hard" basket. The symptoms afforded by the ME patient present the following picture: usually they have suffered from a viral infection of an upper respiratory tract nature, followed by acute vertigo or gastrointestinal upset with persistent malaise and extreme fatigability. Examination reveals muscular weakness with fasciculation, areas of hypo- or hyperesthesia, palpable cervical lymph nodes, an infected pharynx, orthostatic tachycardia, cold extremities, pallor, bladder disturbance, and hyperacusis. Often hypoglycemia is featured. Psychological symptoms include hysteria, sleep disturbances, and suicide. Current treatment involves steroids, antivirals, sulphasalazine, and physiotherapy, all of which appear to produce no particular benefits for the patients.

64. The Case For Myalgic Encephalomyelitis RESCIND. The case for myalgic encephalomyelitis by Jean Harrison. Now I didn't cometo be in favour of MEitis overnight. It has some things going against it. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4277/me-itis.html

R.E.S.C.I.N.D. The case for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis by Jean Harrison Now I didn't come to be in favour of ME-itis overnight. It has some things going against it. Its hard to pronounce, at first. But then, so is fibromyalgia). It can be used pejorativly as the "ME" disease but then AYDS was a chocolate weight loss candy. But those are heavily outweighed by the arguments in its favour: 1. It has a nearly 50 year history (which will disprove those who suggest that this is a new illness). 2. It is currently in use or known in much of the rest of the world. 3. It is recognized in this country and will not take so much re-education as a "new name" would 4. It has a diagnostic code (323.9) already in place in the US ICD-9CM which will be used through 2004. 5. The ICD-10 has ME in it also, under G93.3 . 6. Restoring the name ME-itis will avoid the hackneyed excuse given by the government that they need to know more about the "pathophysiologic proces or processes associated with chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic fatigue" before they will support a name change. Considering the huge strides in understanding the pathophysiologic process that have been avoided by the government's scientists, we would be in for a long wait indeed. 6a. Note: The government is using the name CFS to study C.F.-something that could keep them busy for many long years to come.

65. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis myalgic encephalomyelitis. A most misunderstood disease. This page is underconstruction. I will do some building when I have the time and energy! Home. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/2311/ME/begin.htm

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis A most misunderstood disease This page is under construction. I will do some building when I have the time and energy! Home

66. DotPHARMACY:update Questions Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ( Chronic Fatigue Syndrom education credit. Only tick the boxes which are correct statements oranswers. myalgic encephalomyelitis (module 38). 1hr CE credit A) The http://www.dotpharmacy.co.uk/uquesme.html

The questions below relate to the feature carried in December's Pharmacy Update: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (module 38) - December 21/28 Correctly answering 80 per cent of all questions is sufficient to achieve three hours' continuing education credit. Alternatively, each module can be answered individually, with an 80 per cent pass rate leading to the indicated units of continuing education credit. Only tick the boxes which are correct statements or answers Myalgic encephalomyelitis (module 38) 1hr CE credit A) The term Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is best used to define the condition as it encompasses the concept of there being no specific pathological process True False B) About 0.5 per cent of the population suffer from CFS True False C) The pain associated with CFS may reduce or even prevent a reasonable period of sleep True False D) Viral infection is the sole cause of CFS True False E) It is unlikely that CFS is a communicable disease True False F) Exercise is difficult for CFS sufferers but is beneficial True False G) The following have been shown to be effective in a reasobale number of cases, with the exception of one. Identify the exception:

67. Inclusive Technology - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). A medical condition effecting theimmune and central nervous systems. The cause is not clear, but http://www.inclusive.co.uk/support/me.shtml

home catalogue search downloads ... support organisations Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) A medical condition effecting the immune and central nervous systems. The cause is not clear, but onset is linked in most cases to an acute infection, although some people experience a slow insidious onset, and there is some evidence implicating various common viruses in the development of the syndrome. It is thought to effect 2-3 per 1000 of the population. Onset can occur at any age, but it is most common in persons aged 20-40 years, and in those whose employment exposes them to infection, such as health professionals. What are the symptoms? The person with ME experiences a disabling, exercise-induced muscle fatigue, muscle pain (myalgia), often severe, a 'flu-like' malaise, an abnormal exhaustion unrelieved by sleep, and various symptoms which indicate a disturbance in brain function (encephalitic symptoms), including loss of concentration and short term memory, dyslexia, nausea, clumsiness and disturbed balance, sensitivity to light and other problems with vision, sensitivity to noise, misjudgement of distance, and sometimes depression, mood swings, and problems with bladder control and bowel disturbance. The ME Association has information leaflets available which will answer most of your questions about ME. They also have two leaflets: What is ME? and A Guide for Young People.

68. MSU - MyIdentity: Illness & Disabilities: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fat Illness Disabilities myalgic encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). MyalgicEncephalomyelitis Association of Halton and HamiltonWentworth, St. http://www.msu.mcmaster.ca/myweb/myidentity/list_items.php?category=86

69. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: By Dr. Erich Ryll. . . . FIBROMYALGIA CFIDS myalgic encephalomyelitis IVN FibromyalgiaBy Doctor Erich Ryll DISCUSSED BY ERICH D. RYLL, MD Assistant http://www.med-help.com/Page3.html

70.  Myalgic Encephalomyelitis  Home Back Up . myalgic encephalomyelitis myalgic encephalomyelitis,See under Chronic fatigue . Home Back Up . http://www.rcpa.edu.au/pathman/myalgic_.htm

Myalgic encephalomyelitis Myalgic encephalomyelitis See under Chronic fatigue

71. Byron Hyde, M Abstract At the 1998 ME /CFS conference in Australia, both myalgic encephalomyelitisand Chronic Fatigue Syndrome were used to describe a chronic illness. http://www.nightingale.ca/ICaustralia2.html

NRF Home International Conferences List Main Communications List Nightingale Research Foundation Paper Presented by Byron Marshall Hyde M.D. - New South Wales, February 1998 Abstract : At the 1998 M.E. /CFS conference in Australia, both Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome were used to describe a chronic illness. This paper is a discussion on the similarities and differences in these two terms that may lead to scientific difficulties. The author suggests that the definitional criteria and epidemic history of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) and the inclusion criteria are significantly different from the CDC definitions and history. The three typical phases of M.E. are discussed. A brief review of some of the known deaths in phase 2 of M.E. are also mentioned. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M. E.) This is a term used to describe an epidemic and sporadic disease process that is associated with a chronic debilitating illness of children and adults. Variants of this term M.E. were first used following a series of repeating epidemics starting in May 1955 in the Royal Free Hospital in London England. New outbreaks of this illness continued until 1958 in various London area hospitals. M.E. and these epidemics are well described by A. Melvin Ramsay in his book Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Post-Viral Fatigue States The characteristic M.E. illness is a disease process that can, in its complete form, be separated into three distinct phases.

72. "Nightingale Research Foundation Home Page The Clinical and Scientific Basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic FatigueSyndrome Edited by Byron Hyde, MD , Nightingale Research Foundation, Ottawa http://www.nightingale.ca/nightd.html

NRF Home About NRF About Dr. Hyde About M.E./CFS ... Donations Nightingale Research Foundation Special Reference Book Offer: The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Edited by Byron Hyde, M.D. , Nightingale Research Foundation, Ottawa, Canada with editorial and conceptual advice from Paul Levine, M.D., NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA and Jay Goldstein, M.D., Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Institute, USA Published by Nightingale Research Foundation simultaneously in Ottawa, Canada and Ogdensburg, NY, USA Eighty of the world's leading M.E. / CFS authorities have contributed their knowledge to produce a 725-page encyclopedia on the disease process that may be one of the biggest single causes of chronic illness in the world today. Known in the United States as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and in Great Britain both as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome, M.E./CFS has provoked a chronic disabling illness in an estimated 1,000,000 persons in North America and Europe. This book provides, in one superb 75-chapter source, an up-to-date, comprehensive account of current knowledge concerning the history, epidemiology, children with M.E., investigation, virology, immunology, muscle pathology, host response, food intolerance, brain mapping, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, sleep dysfunction, fibromyalgia syndrome, treatment and management.

73. WI CFS - Action For ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) Serving Those With myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and Chronic FatigueSyndrome (CFS). Action for ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). About http://www.wicfs-me.org/wi_cfs_article_results_page.asp?ArticleNo=4

74. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis. Date Wed, 05 Apr2000 230727 +0000. From Roger Burns cfsnews@cais.com. Organization http://www.info-implants.com/Canada/need.html

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic encephalomyelitis Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 23:07:27 +0000 From: Roger Burns cfs-news@cais.com Organization: http://www.cfs-news.org Also note these pages: CFS Site http://www.cfs-news.org Latest News http://www.cfs-news.org/news.htm CFS (Français) http://www.cfs-news.org/francais.htm Environmental Illness http://www.cfs-news.org/mcs.htm Past issues of these letters. See http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/cfs-news.html Roger Burns

75. Health Library - Encephalomyelitis, Myalgic myalgic encephalomyelitis is thought to be an infectious disorder affectingthe central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems and the muscles. http://yalenewhavenhealth.org/library/healthguide/IllnessConditions/topic.asp?hw

76. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Guidelines For Doctors REVIEW myalgic encephalomyelitis Guidelines for Doctors. Journal J of ChronicFatigue Syndrome, Vol. 10(1) 2002, pp. 6580. Author John Richardson, MB BS. http://www.cfsresearch.org/cfs/jcfs/18nf.htm

REVIEW Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Guidelines for Doctors Journal: J of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Vol. 10(1) 2002, pp. 65-80 Author: John Richardson, MB BS Affiliation: John Richardson is affiliated with Newcastle Research Group, Full text at : Back to Index Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Pages var site="sm8cfsresearch" Information on this site is provided for informational purposes only and is not meant to substitute the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professionals. Consult your own physician regarding the applicability of any information listed on this website with respect to your symptoms or medical condition

77. Stress And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, By Mary Schweit Stress and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME. By Mary Schweitzer, © 1999Nearly all CFS patients experience that point where a doctor http://www.cfids-me.org/marys/stress.html

Return to Essays on CFIDS/M.E. Return to Mary Schweitzer's Home Page Go to the CFIDS-M.E. Information Page Stress and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/M.E. Nearly all CFS patients experience that point where a doctor sits back, sighs, and says, "Are you under a lot of stress?" What on earth do doctors mean when they say that? I've always experienced it as a sign of defeat or some type of failure on my part to communicate to the doctor the degree to which I am ill. Ten years ago, I experienced increasing pain in my abdomen; within six months the pain was so strong I could barely stand up straight. I had a lot of trouble communicating to the doctor precisely where my pain was, and he concluded that I had an ulcer, possibly one that was bleeding (though there was no evidence of blood). He refused to refer me to a gastroenterologist, put me on Zantac, and lectured me on my "stressful" life style (having both a career and a family). Finally, under some protest, he agreed to let me be tested. Not only did I have a gallstone the size of a golf ball, but there was no evidence of an ulcer, anywhere, ever. My problem wasn't "stress." It was pain!

78. Database Search Results Database Search Results. Searched keywords for myalgic encephalomyelitis. http://www.health.gov/nhic/NHICScripts/Hitlist.cfm?Keyword=Myalgic Encephalomyel

79. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Hantsweb www.hants.gov.uk, Hampshire County Council. Home Search Contacts AZ Index Feedback. Cousin Cousin Homepage - Cousin http://www.hants.gov.uk/istcclr/ixx141.html

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80. THE CLINICAL IDENTITY OF THE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS SYNDROME both sides of the Atlantic and obviated the disadvantage of an American term 'EpidemicNeuromyasthenia' and a British term 'myalgic encephalomyelitis' for the http://web.onetel.net.uk/~kickback/THE CLINICAL IDENTITY OF ME.html

THE CLINICAL IDENTITY OF THE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS SYNDROME By A.Melvin Ramsay M.A. M.D. An article by David, Wessely and Pelosi entitled 'Postviral Fatigue Syndrome: time for a new approach (1988) makes it abundantly clear that in my monograph Postviral Fatigue Syndrome: The Saga of Royal Free Disease I failed to draw a clear distinction between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and other postviral fatigue states. I have never approved of the term Postviral Fatigue Syndrome and accepted it with great reluctance when Gower Medical Publishing Limited insisted that it should be used as a title for my monograph. The fact that it was accepted on both sides of the Atlantic and obviated the disadvantage of an American term Epidemic Neuromyasthenia' and a British term Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for the same disease was in its favour. Its disadvantage lay in the fact that it provided too wide a cover for the many postviral fatigue states that can quite legitimately be included under such a title. I insisted on using the term Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for my treatise. When, on the occasion of a recent ITV programme on the subject of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, an

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