Cheshire
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
English language
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFAIR - As far as I remember
ASAP - As soon as possible
ATM - At the moment
BTW – By the way
ETA - Edited to add
FFS - For f*'s sake
FTFY - Fixed that for you
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information
GBP - British pound
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
ICYMI - In case you missed it
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMO – In my opinion (IMHO - In my humble opinion)
IANAD - I am not a doctor
LMAO - Laughing my arse (ass) off
LOL - Laughing out loud
MIA - Missing in action (someone not seen recently)
OMG – Oh my God
OP - Original poster
OTOH - On the other hand
PR - Public relations
Re: - Regarding
RL - Real life (off forum)
ROFL - Rolls on floor laughing
TBH – To be honest
TIA - Thanks in advance
TLDR - Too long, didn't read
TMI - Too much information
TY - Thank you
UKP - UK pound
USD -US dollar
WTF - What the f*
Medical terms (scientific)
AA - Amino Acid
ADP - Adenosine diphosphate
AMP - Adenosine monophosphate
ANN - Artificial Neural Network
ATP - Adenosine triphosphate
BCAA - Branched Chain Amino Acid
CMV - Cytomegalovirus
CNS - Central Nervous System
CPET - Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Test
Cpn - Chlamydia Pneumoniae
CRP - C-Reactive Protein
CSF - Cerebrospinal Fluid
CT - Computerised tomography (scan)
EBV - Epstein-Barr Virus
EEG - Ectroencephalography
EFA - Essential Fatty Acids
EMG - Electromyography
ERV - Endogenous retrovirus
ESR - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
GC - Gas Chromatography
GcMAF - Gc Macrophage Activating Factor
H2S- Hydrogen Sulfide
HAART - Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
HCT - Hematocrit
HERX - herxheimer reaction
HERV - Human endogenous retrovirus
HHV-6 - Human Herpes Virus 6
HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus
HPA - Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
HRV - Heart Rate Variability
HR - Heart Rate
IDDM - Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus = diabetes type 1
IgG - Immunoglobulin G
IVig - Intravenous Immunoglobulin therapy
IGM - Immunoglobulin M
LDH - Lactate dehydrogenase
LDN - Low Dose Naltrexone
miRNA - MicroRNA
MRI - Magnetic resonance imaging (scan)
MSM - methylsulfonylmethane
MVA - multivariate data analysis
NIDDM - Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus = diabetes type 2
NKC - Natural Killer Cells
NO - Nitric Oxide
NT - Neural Therapy
PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction
PDH - Pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDHK - Pyruvatedehydrogenase kinase
PEM - Post-exertional Malaise
PET scan - Positron emission tomography
RAL - Raltegravir
RBC - Red blood cell
SIBO - Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
SNP - Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
START - Stress Test Activated Reversible Tachycardia
Th17 - T helper 17 (Th17) cells
XAND - x-associated neuro-immune disease
XMRV - xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus
Medical terms (diagnosis and health care system)
AIDS - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
EI - Environmental Illness
CAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicine
CCC - Canadian Consensus Criteria.
CCD - Canadian Consensus Definition or Document
CFIDS - Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
CFS - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
EDS - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
ER - Emergency Room
FM - Fibromyalgia
GF - Glandular fever
GP - General Practitioner
GWI - Gulf War Illness
IBS - Irritable bowel syndrome
IBS(C) - IBS with Constipation
IBS(D) - IBS with Diarrhoea
ICC - International Consensus Criteria
JHS - joint hypermobility syndrome
MCAS - Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
MCS - Multi-Chemical Sensitivity
ME - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
MS - Multiple Sclerosis
NMH - neurally mediated hypotension
NP - Nurse Practitioner
OI - Orthostatic Intolerance
OT - Occupational therapist
PCP - Primary Care Physician
POTS - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
PVFS -- Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome
RA - Rheumatoid Arthritis
SEID - Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease
RLS - Restless Leg Syndrome
Psychiatric terms
ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
APT - Adaptative Pacing Therapy
BDD - Bodily distress disorder
BPS - Biopsychosocial
CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
FD - Functional disorder
FND - Functional Neurological Disorder
GET - Graded Exercise Therapy
LP - Lightning Process
MDD - Major Depressive Disorder
MUS - medically unexplained symptoms
MUPS - medically unexplained physical symptoms
NLP - Neuro-linguistic programming
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (class of antidepressants)
Research and trials
CFA - Confirmatory factor analysis
EFA - Exploratory factor analysis
GWAS - Genome-wide association study
LTFU - Long term follow-up
MCID - Minimal important clinical differences
PI - Principal investigator(s)
RCT - Randomised controlled trial
TMG - Trial management committee
TSG - Trial steering committee
Institutions, charitie and ME organisations
AfME - Action for ME (UK charity)
BACME - British Association for CFS/ME
BPS - British Psychological Society
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
CFSAC - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (USA)
CMRC - CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative (UK)
DWP - Department of Work and Pensions (UK Government Department)
EMA - European Medicines Agency
EMEC - European ME Coalition
ESA - Employment and Support Allowance (UK Social Securiy)
FDA - Food and Drug Administration (USA)
FOI - Freedom Of Information
HRA - Health Research Authority (NHS/UK)
IAPT - Improving access to psychological therapies (UK government initiative)
ICO - Information Commissioner.s office (UK Data Protection and Freedom Of Information)
ICD - International Classification of Diseases (WHO)
IOM - Institute Of Medicine (USA) (now NAM)
MEA - ME Association (UK charity)
MRC - Medical Research Council (UK)
NAM - National Academy of Medicine (USA - formerly IOM)
NHS - National Health Service (UK)
NICE -National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)
NIH - National Institute of Health (USA)
NINDS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (USA)
OMI - Open Medicine Institute (USA)
OMF - Open Medicine Foundation (USA)
PACE trial - Pacing, graded Activity, and Cognitive behaviour therapy; a randomised Evaluation
PIP - Personal Independence Payment (UK Social Security)
PR - Phoenix Rising
QMUL – Queen Mary University of London
RSM - Royal Society of Medicine (UK)
S4ME - Science for ME
SSDI - Social Security Disability Insurance (US)
SMC - Science Media Center
SMCI - Solve ME/CFS Initiative (formerly CAA - CFIDS Association of America)
WHO - World Health Organization
WPI - Whittemore Peterson Institute (USA)
Miscellaneous
PwME - People with ME
TATT - Tired all the Time
Time zones
UT - Universal time, used as internet time, broadly equivalent to GMT
GMT - Greenwich mean time (UK)
BST - British summer time (UK daylight saving)
Technical
CMY/K - Cyan magental yellow/black
CSS - Cascading style sheets (used with HTML)
gTLD - Geographic TLD e.g. .uk, .us, .nl
HTML - Hyper text mark-up language (code for web pages)
RGB - Red green blue
TLD - Top level domain e.g. .com, .org
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFAIR - As far as I remember
ASAP - As soon as possible
ATM - At the moment
BTW – By the way
ETA - Edited to add
FFS - For f*'s sake
FTFY - Fixed that for you
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information
GBP - British pound
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
ICYMI - In case you missed it
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMO – In my opinion (IMHO - In my humble opinion)
IANAD - I am not a doctor
LMAO - Laughing my arse (ass) off
LOL - Laughing out loud
MIA - Missing in action (someone not seen recently)
OMG – Oh my God
OP - Original poster
OTOH - On the other hand
PR - Public relations
Re: - Regarding
RL - Real life (off forum)
ROFL - Rolls on floor laughing
TBH – To be honest
TIA - Thanks in advance
TLDR - Too long, didn't read
TMI - Too much information
TY - Thank you
UKP - UK pound
USD -US dollar
WTF - What the f*
Medical terms (scientific)
AA - Amino Acid
ADP - Adenosine diphosphate
AMP - Adenosine monophosphate
ANN - Artificial Neural Network
ATP - Adenosine triphosphate
BCAA - Branched Chain Amino Acid
CMV - Cytomegalovirus
CNS - Central Nervous System
CPET - Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Test
Cpn - Chlamydia Pneumoniae
CRP - C-Reactive Protein
CSF - Cerebrospinal Fluid
CT - Computerised tomography (scan)
EBV - Epstein-Barr Virus
EEG - Ectroencephalography
EFA - Essential Fatty Acids
EMG - Electromyography
ERV - Endogenous retrovirus
ESR - Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
GC - Gas Chromatography
GcMAF - Gc Macrophage Activating Factor
H2S- Hydrogen Sulfide
HAART - Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
HCT - Hematocrit
HERX - herxheimer reaction
HERV - Human endogenous retrovirus
HHV-6 - Human Herpes Virus 6
HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus
HPA - Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
HRV - Heart Rate Variability
HR - Heart Rate
IDDM - Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus = diabetes type 1
IgG - Immunoglobulin G
IVig - Intravenous Immunoglobulin therapy
IGM - Immunoglobulin M
LDH - Lactate dehydrogenase
LDN - Low Dose Naltrexone
miRNA - MicroRNA
MRI - Magnetic resonance imaging (scan)
MSM - methylsulfonylmethane
MVA - multivariate data analysis
NIDDM - Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus = diabetes type 2
NKC - Natural Killer Cells
NO - Nitric Oxide
NT - Neural Therapy
PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction
PDH - Pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDHK - Pyruvatedehydrogenase kinase
PEM - Post-exertional Malaise
PET scan - Positron emission tomography
RAL - Raltegravir
RBC - Red blood cell
SIBO - Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
SNP - Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
START - Stress Test Activated Reversible Tachycardia
Th17 - T helper 17 (Th17) cells
XAND - x-associated neuro-immune disease
XMRV - xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus
Medical terms (diagnosis and health care system)
AIDS - Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
EI - Environmental Illness
CAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicine
CCC - Canadian Consensus Criteria.
CCD - Canadian Consensus Definition or Document
CFIDS - Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
CFS - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
EDS - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
ER - Emergency Room
FM - Fibromyalgia
GF - Glandular fever
GP - General Practitioner
GWI - Gulf War Illness
IBS - Irritable bowel syndrome
IBS(C) - IBS with Constipation
IBS(D) - IBS with Diarrhoea
ICC - International Consensus Criteria
JHS - joint hypermobility syndrome
MCAS - Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
MCS - Multi-Chemical Sensitivity
ME - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
MS - Multiple Sclerosis
NMH - neurally mediated hypotension
NP - Nurse Practitioner
OI - Orthostatic Intolerance
OT - Occupational therapist
PCP - Primary Care Physician
POTS - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
PVFS -- Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome
RA - Rheumatoid Arthritis
SEID - Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease
RLS - Restless Leg Syndrome
Psychiatric terms
ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
APT - Adaptative Pacing Therapy
BDD - Bodily distress disorder
BPS - Biopsychosocial
CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
FD - Functional disorder
FND - Functional Neurological Disorder
GET - Graded Exercise Therapy
LP - Lightning Process
MDD - Major Depressive Disorder
MUS - medically unexplained symptoms
MUPS - medically unexplained physical symptoms
NLP - Neuro-linguistic programming
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (class of antidepressants)
Research and trials
CFA - Confirmatory factor analysis
EFA - Exploratory factor analysis
GWAS - Genome-wide association study
LTFU - Long term follow-up
MCID - Minimal important clinical differences
PI - Principal investigator(s)
RCT - Randomised controlled trial
TMG - Trial management committee
TSG - Trial steering committee
Institutions, charitie and ME organisations
AfME - Action for ME (UK charity)
BACME - British Association for CFS/ME
BPS - British Psychological Society
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA)
CFSAC - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (USA)
CMRC - CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative (UK)
DWP - Department of Work and Pensions (UK Government Department)
EMA - European Medicines Agency
EMEC - European ME Coalition
ESA - Employment and Support Allowance (UK Social Securiy)
FDA - Food and Drug Administration (USA)
FOI - Freedom Of Information
HRA - Health Research Authority (NHS/UK)
IAPT - Improving access to psychological therapies (UK government initiative)
ICO - Information Commissioner.s office (UK Data Protection and Freedom Of Information)
ICD - International Classification of Diseases (WHO)
IOM - Institute Of Medicine (USA) (now NAM)
MEA - ME Association (UK charity)
MRC - Medical Research Council (UK)
NAM - National Academy of Medicine (USA - formerly IOM)
NHS - National Health Service (UK)
NICE -National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)
NIH - National Institute of Health (USA)
NINDS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (USA)
OMI - Open Medicine Institute (USA)
OMF - Open Medicine Foundation (USA)
PACE trial - Pacing, graded Activity, and Cognitive behaviour therapy; a randomised Evaluation
PIP - Personal Independence Payment (UK Social Security)
PR - Phoenix Rising
QMUL – Queen Mary University of London
RSM - Royal Society of Medicine (UK)
S4ME - Science for ME
SSDI - Social Security Disability Insurance (US)
SMC - Science Media Center
SMCI - Solve ME/CFS Initiative (formerly CAA - CFIDS Association of America)
WHO - World Health Organization
WPI - Whittemore Peterson Institute (USA)
Miscellaneous
PwME - People with ME
TATT - Tired all the Time
Time zones
UT - Universal time, used as internet time, broadly equivalent to GMT
GMT - Greenwich mean time (UK)
BST - British summer time (UK daylight saving)
Technical
CMY/K - Cyan magental yellow/black
CSS - Cascading style sheets (used with HTML)
gTLD - Geographic TLD e.g. .uk, .us, .nl
HTML - Hyper text mark-up language (code for web pages)
RGB - Red green blue
TLD - Top level domain e.g. .com, .org
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