"The range of severity is wide, with the classic CFS-style 50% reduction in overall activity being the top end. The 25% most severely affected with ME are housebound and even bed-bound, relying on caregiver assistance for the most basic of needs. Some are so weak and so impaired in sensory processing, so in pain, that they cannot even tolerate a bed bath, an opened curtain, a visitor, or a phone conversation. Preliminary new studies indicate that People with ME are dying 25 years earlier than otherwise expected, and that there are significant indications on autopsy of extensive inflammatory damage to the Central Nervous System, as well as end state organ failure. " Dette er et utdrag av en flott artikkel skrevet av Aylwin Catchpole. Les hele artikkelen her.