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https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/866827 https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/866827/Rentola_Aino.pdf Bahelor´s Degree Programme in Nursing Aino Rentola Social and health services used by persons with chronic fatigue syndrome (Myalgic encepha-lomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome)...

Kirjoituskutsu ME/CFS-sairaille vaikeuksista saada sosiaaliturvaetuuksia https://services.fsd.tuni.fi/penna/vasymysoireyhtyma/70 Open until 19 February 2024.

(originally published in Aug 2023) Abstract Objectives To explore myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients' experiences of a health psychological group intervention and its usefulness, non-usefulness or harmfulness for illness management and adjustment. Design A...

Thread split from Paul Garner on Long Covid and ME/CFS - BMJ articles and other media. Garner and Sharpe tag team at a Long Covid Symposium

The Finnish Association of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy organises a conference in October in Tempere, Finland. From the program: Friday, October 7, 2022 Finnish Time (+1 Hour CET/ +3 Hours UTC) 8.30 Registration, Coffee 9.00-9.05 Conference Opening 9.05-9.15 Welcoming, President of FIAOMT...

Moved from the Long covid in the media thread. This one by the Finnish government's expert group on long covid was published in January 2022, but I don't think it has been posted on here yet? Expertgrupp: Långvariga symptom efter covid-19 kan förekomma hos ungefär varannan vuxen – vaccinerna...

This was a great article from the national broadcaster in Finland, Yle (their Swedish department). Svenska Yle: "Det är inget annat än hjärntvätt" - HUS förespråkar kontroversiell vård till patienter, också postcovidpatienter har hänvisats till samma klinik google translation: "It is nothing...

https://mecentraal.wordpress.com/2020/12/15/helsinki-university-hospitals-outpatient-clinic-for-functional-disorders-treats-me-cfs-patients/

The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim recently published their ME/CFS draft guideline ("Good Practice Consensus Recommendation"). Comments can be submitted through a form on their website. Deadline is Friday, 4 December 2020. Anna lausuntosi Krooninen väsymysoireyhtymä (ME/CFS) Hyvä käytäntö...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31737957 Given how incredibly common it was for kids in my generation to get prescribed antibiotics for ear and sinus infections, I wonder what other disease it could presuppose to...

Yesterday Yle, the national public broadcasting company, had a big article about ME on their front page. There was also a segment on TV same evening. Here's a summary of the article. (It's based on google translation and therefore contains a few guesses): The article tells the story about the...

Seems David is spreading the good word in Finland today.

https://my.meaction.net/petitions/me-cfs-is-not-a-functional-disorder-we-call-for-appropriate-treatment

Free full text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X18309253

STM, the Ministry of Social Affairs and health in Finland, has published a draft report on the planned care plan/guidelines for our disease. Only available in Finnish, so far, I believe...

Article (in Swedish): Yle: Mystiska trötthetssyndromet ME/CFS knäckte Anton, 28, efter en vanlig influensa - psykiater tror att sjukdomen sprids via sociala medier google translation: Mystical fatigue syndrome ME/CFS cracked Anton, 28, after a regular flu - psychiatrist believes the disease is...

Highlighted by IiME Google Translate version of the CFS page - http://bit.ly/2D7KJcP

Thought it might be useful to have a thread on news from Scandinavia. Hopefully it can become an archive and useful as a reference in future. Starting with the kickoff of one of the four research projects which recently got funded in cooperation with ME-patients by the Research Council of...