Do you get delayed PEM that makes your ME/CFS more severe for a day or more, up to and including permanently?
I have started this thread to focus entirely on each poster describing your own experience of PEM. My aim is that we avoid theorising about the underlying biology - keep the focus on...
New thread created by collecting posts from a number of other threads
If someone's in a listening mood, there's no transcript. 30 minutes with the NIH Recover initiative lead:
Direct link: https://www.nejm.org/action/showMediaPlayer?doi=10.1056/NEJMdo006435&aid=10.1056/NEJMe2201619&area=.
https://www.meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MEA-Research-Review-Assessing-PEM-in-MECFS-25.03.19.pdf
14 page pdf document that covers definitions of PEM, clinical assessment and management including heart rate monitoring, and the latest research.
It's time to remove the word malaise from post exertional problems in mecfs. Malaise doesn't come close at all to describing what that actually is. It's not malaise. It's a full-on mental and physical crash. It's like a living death. There is no way malaise should be used to describe this.
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