"Though the symptoms of CFS resemble those of ME, the differences are so significant that they would exclude ME patients from the 1988 and 1994 CDC diagnoses of CFS. The following features of ME separate it from CFS:
- The epidemic characteristics.
- The known incubation period.
- The acute onset.
- The associated organ pathology, particularly cardiac.
- Infrequent deaths with pathological CNS changes.
- Neurological signs in the acute and sometimes chronic phases.
- The specific involvement of the autonomic nervous system.
- The frequent subnormal patient temperature.
- The fact that chronic fatigue is not an essential characteristic of the chronic phase of ME."
"Where the one essential characteristic of M.E. is acquired CNS [central nervous system] dysfunction,that of CFS is primarily chronic fatigue."
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Et utrolig viktig innlegg!
Dette bør løftes lenger frem i bevisstheten til de som skriver og snakker om ME. Den sammenblandinga av diagnoser, koder, og begreper som svirrer rundt på legekontor, i media og i pasientmiljøene er til stor skade. Ikke til å undres på om folk flest blir forvirra og blander i hop.
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