updated on 22 Mar 2022
I haven't checked to see what might have changed.
overall their main pages on ME/CFS (although it only has chronic fatigue syndrome in the heading)
are not bad.
https://www.verywellhealth.com/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-symptoms-716110
"This is when nothing works. My brain stops working, my mouth stops working, I’ll be mid-sentence and not know where I’m going with it. I’ll be unable to get out of a chair to go to bed because I don’t have the energy to stand up. It’s like your legs are empty.”
'extreme tiredness'(?)
This leaflet
Clinical health psychology in the management of CFS/ME Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service
(linked to on their website)
revised 06/2020
Review due 06/2023
A4 leaflet (cornwall.nhs.uk)
(this one also due for review 06/2023
A4 leaflet (cornwall.nhs.uk)
This is the major problem with the main NHS England site.
Cambridge and Peterboroughs site is actually not bad, and much better than the main NHS site;
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/service-detail/service/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-me-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs-70/
maybe if the charities could...
https://events.cochrane.org/colloquium-2023
https://events.cochrane.org/colloquium-2023/schedule
some interesting workshops
Details of the workshops can be found here (see link to pdf)
Abstracts accepted for the 27th Cochrane Colloquium, London, UK. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews...
From their website
The Science Behind The DNRS Program
https://retrainingthebrain.com/understanding-the-science/
Brea: Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Disorder, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, FM...
The NHS service prioritisation is a mystery to me. I knew an elderly lady in her 90's who was fitted with a G-tube (due to swallowing problems) and provided with all the equipment and regular 'food' and replacement tube supplies etc for years at her home all for free and without any kind of proviso.
For me 'showering' is important for my well-being.
I feel awful if I feel dirty or smelly. I like feeling clean.
Rather than messing about with wet wipes etc I find it just as 'easy' to step into the bath, sit down, soap my bits and then rinse off with the hand held shower attachment. Quick dry...
Abstract
There is a clear clinical overlap between fibromyalgia, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and post-COVID 19 condition. Chronic fatigue, cognitive impairment, and widespread pain characterize these 3 syndromes. A steady line of investigation posits fibromyalgia as stress-evoked...
Long Covid is a new name for an old syndrome
https://www.statnews.com/2023/09/14/long-covid-me-cfs-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue/
I get the feeling that this is promoting a bps approach; ie rehab rather than finding a cure (?)
Physical exercise as a treatment for persisting symptoms post-COVID infection: review of ongoing studies and prospective randomized controlled training study
Kogel et al
Abstract
Background and purpose
No evidence-based treatment is available for patients with persisting symptoms post-COVID-19...
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