chronic fatigue syndrome

Objective. To study the prevalence and associations of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) with other clinical and neuropsychological manifestations of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and serum inflammatory markers and genetic polymorphisms. Materials and methods. The study involved 533 patients with...

7th National Neuropsychiatry Conference "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has long been recognised, and many different names and diagnostic criteria have been used to describe it. It remains an illness of uncertain cause. While fatigue is a very common presenting complaint in many settings...

Dr. Salit responds - PMC

Background Many patients who recovered from COVID-19 still suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). It was observed that patients with comorbidities were more prone to developing CFS. This research investigates the risk of post-COVID-19 CFS to assist healthcare professionals in reducing the...

A Scottish piece shared by ME Association today. The 1 cleverly worded comment is presumably a BPS proponent and criticises it for stigmatising people with psychological illnesses as not being all in the mind, suggesting we should "keep an open mind" (that ME is too). £...

Joint Flexibility and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome After Mononucleosis (co-authors include Drs Lenny Jason and Benjamen Katz) Highlights At least 10% of patients meet criteria for ME/CFS 6 months following IM. Previous reports associated joint hypermobility and ME/CFS...

Hi, my name is Ben Westwood and I'm an undergraduate psychology student at The University of Worcester in the UK. This is the link to my final year research project: https://ucw.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/8svdjgru5x-11 Having spent most of my twenties living with ME/CFS and subsequently developing...

Lowered oxygen saturation and increased body temperature in acute COVID-19 largely predict chronic fatigue syndrome and affective symptoms due to Long COVID: A precision nomothetic approach Background: Long coronavirus disease 2019 (LC) is a chronic sequel of acute COVID-19. The exact...

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndromes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cardiorespiratory fitness and neuromuscular function compared with healthy individuals authors Zambolin et al Abstract Objective To determine cardiorespiratory fitness and neuromuscular function of people with...

https://bjgplife.com/delicate-diagnosis-avoiding-harms-in-difficult-disputed-and-desired-diagnoses/ BJGP LONG READ ‘Delicate diagnosis’: avoiding harms in difficult, disputed, and desired diagnoses 7 October 2022 Margaret McCartney is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the School of Medicine...

Full title: Comparing Operationalized Approaches for Substantial Reduction of Functioning in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Abstract A core criterion for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a substantial reduction in functioning from...

Abstract Patients recovering from COVID-19 may have persistent debilitating symptoms requiring long term support through individually tailored cardiopulmonary and psychological rehabilitation programs. Clinicians need to be aware about the likely long-term complications and their diagnostic...

Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine Authors include Nijs and Clauw. Published in the Lancet. Full paper here. Includes ‘chronic fatigue syndrome in the text and tables. Summary Chronic pain is a leading cause of...

February 2021 In book: Handbook of Research Methods in Health Psychology (pp.228 - 241) Publisher: Routledge https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349319708_Chronic_Illness_The_Case_of_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome-Myalgic_Encephalomyelitis

full article here https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2019/september/canaries-in-the-coalmine-why-marcus-sedgwick-is-writing-about-chronic-fatigue-and-illnesses-we-all-need-to-understand-better/

Article https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859219301019 scihub : http://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2019.03.006# eta: if you take away the psych analysis, these could be useful tests.

Contibutions from Dr Sarah Jarvis, Charles Shepherd (MEA), Sonia Chowdhury(AfME), Leonard Jason. although they do say it's not just 'tiredness' they do seem to focus on it! at least they didn't ask Michael Sharpe for his opinion.. full article here...

have only listened to the first 12 minutes. Not as trivialised as the description might suggest. Also has people phoning in. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-hook-up-podcast/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-and-love/11218260