Kalliope
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
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 spread through social media
Anton is one of the lung specialist Olli Polos 800 patients. Polo's private sleep clinic Unesta in Tampere was closed in September 2017 by the health services department Valvira. He had written medical certificates and given medical treatment to patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
"Many people want to make it a mental illness. Also we were threatened with Anton being involuntarily committed before Christmas. Which we absolutely opposed, says mom Inger Hassel.
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"The patients came to me because they had not benefited from the CBT therapy and exercise, which is still the official health recommendation," Polo says.
He was also forbidden to research the disease. But he has circumvented that decision.
- I continue my research outside Finland's borders.
But through its drastic decision, the health authorities - with FPA as a driver - have shown that they are not yet prepared to see ME / CFS as a biological, physical disease.
- There is a lot suggesting that it is a biological disease. Olli Polo was a pioneer who experimented. And the patients appreciated him. I think his treatments were both logical and reasonable, says Professor Ville Valtonen, retired senior physician at HUCS Infection Clinic.
( @Jonathan Edwards - is Olli Polo the same doctor you heard at Invest in ME last year and thought had come to a wrong conference?)
There is also a TV documentary in Finnish with Swedish voice over and text. Haven't seen it yet myself.
Duration: 28 minutes
Yle Arenan: Den gåtfulla tröttheten
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 spread through social media
Anton is one of the lung specialist Olli Polos 800 patients. Polo's private sleep clinic Unesta in Tampere was closed in September 2017 by the health services department Valvira. He had written medical certificates and given medical treatment to patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
"Many people want to make it a mental illness. Also we were threatened with Anton being involuntarily committed before Christmas. Which we absolutely opposed, says mom Inger Hassel.
...
"The patients came to me because they had not benefited from the CBT therapy and exercise, which is still the official health recommendation," Polo says.
He was also forbidden to research the disease. But he has circumvented that decision.
- I continue my research outside Finland's borders.
But through its drastic decision, the health authorities - with FPA as a driver - have shown that they are not yet prepared to see ME / CFS as a biological, physical disease.
- There is a lot suggesting that it is a biological disease. Olli Polo was a pioneer who experimented. And the patients appreciated him. I think his treatments were both logical and reasonable, says Professor Ville Valtonen, retired senior physician at HUCS Infection Clinic.
( @Jonathan Edwards - is Olli Polo the same doctor you heard at Invest in ME last year and thought had come to a wrong conference?)
There is also a TV documentary in Finnish with Swedish voice over and text. Haven't seen it yet myself.
Duration: 28 minutes
Yle Arenan: Den gåtfulla tröttheten
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