Information compiled by

Dr. Ellen Goudsmit.

NOTICE BOARD

 

Cardinal features of  ME (cf. Ramsay and Dowsett 1992)*

  1. Generalised or localised muscle fatigue after minimal exertion with PROLONGED recovery time
  2. Neurological disturbance, especially of cognitive, autonomic and sensory functions, often accompanied by marked emotional lability and sleep reversal.
  3. Variable involvement of cardiac and other bodily systems.
  4. An extended relapsing course with a tendency to chronicity.
  5. Marked variability of symptoms both within and between episodes.

NB. No reference to minimum duration.


* Hyde et al 1992. p. 83-84.

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