Wednesday, February 11, 2015

"Exertion Intolerance"???-----Chronic Fatigue Syndrome gets yet another name

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome gets yet another name - health - 10 February 2015 - New Scientist:
"What's in a name?
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a condition that debilitates as many as 2.5 million people in the US with exhaustion, should be renamed Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease, according to the US Institute of Medicine (IOM).
As well as the name-change, the IOM has this week proposed a five-point checklist for diagnosis.
Because the cause of the condition, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME, remains unknown, identifying the condition can be difficult."


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