Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also called myalgic encephalomyelitis, is a complex long-term medical condition which often stops people from working or leading a normal life.. The disease is not fully understood.[1] Diagnosis is based on the person's symptoms, which usually include pain, because there is no agreed diagnostic test.[2] There is no agreed definition, but it may affect as many as 1% of the population in some places.[3]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Media
Results of a study on quality of life of people with CFS, showing it to be lower than in 20 other chronic conditions
Image of brain shows covariation between salience network (SN) connectivity and pain intensity as assessed on functional magnetic resonance imaging.*Fig 2 difference map, contrasting healthy comparison (HC) participants and adolescent patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), demonstrates a group interaction between pain intensity scores and intrinsic SN connectivity to the left (L) caudate and middle insula (top). The graphs contain connectivity Z scores and pain intensity scores, where dark circles represent individual patients with CFS and lighter circles represent HC participants (bottom). Activation height is thresholded at the P < 0.05 (corrected) level. Aberrant Resting-State Functional Connectivity in the Salience Network of Adolescent Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0159351.
Could You Have ME/CFS? from US Centers for Disease Control
Presentation of a petition to the National Assembly for Wales relating to ME support in South East Wales
Graph of CFS papers published by year: Papers mentioning ME or CFS Papers whose title mentions ME/CFS
References
- ↑ "Etiology and Pathophysiology | Presentation and Clinical Course | Healthcare Providers | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ↑ "Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Burden of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Across Europe: Current Evidence and EUROMENE Research Recommendations for Epidemiology". Journal of Clinical medicine. May 2020 – via PubMed.
- ↑ "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-09.