Study Suggests Long COVID is Becoming More Like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
The symptoms experienced by long COVID patients merge over time with those experienced by the really long, long haulers - people with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
Childhood ME/CFS Prevalence Takes a Hike – Plus Take the Childhood Poll
A 7-year study found approximately a 1% rate of childhood chronic fatigue syndrome in Chicago with higher rates in girls, in children from ethnic/racial minorities, and in adolescents. Only 5% of the children had been diagnosed. The results suggests that 555,000 children in the U.S, could have ME/CFS, 525,000 who have not been diagnosed - a situation Leondard Jason called a "national disgrace".
Leonard Jason Wants You! (To Tell Him About Your PEM)
Leonard Jason, ME/CFS’s foremost epidemiologist and researcher/advocate requests that you tell him what the heck happens when you engage in physical and cognitive exertion. The survey grew out of extensive discussions with the patient community during the public...
Excluding Factors: Jason Critiques the IOM Definition for ME/CFS
Lenny Jason critiques the IOM Reports definition and proposes exclusionary conditions are needed.Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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