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===<span id="dysregulation">Temperature dysregulation</span>=== Temperature dysregulation, '''heat intolerance''' and '''cold intolerance''' are common symptoms of [[ME/CFS]], and are is recognised in the [[Canadian Consensus Criteria]] as a neuroendocrine symptom. *53.9% - 58.7% of the 2073 patients in a Belgian study of 2001 reported symptom exacerbation in extremes of temperature.<ref name="symptoms2001">{{citation | last1 = De Becker | first1 = P | author-link1 = Pascale De Becker | last2 = McGregor | first2 = N | author-link2 = Neil McGregor | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = K | author-link3 = Kenny de Meirleir | title = A definition-based analysis of symptoms in a large cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. | journal = Journal of Internal Medicine | volume = 250 | issue = 3 | page = 234-240 | date = Sep 2001 | pmid = 11555128 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11555128 }}</ref> *Katrina Berne reports a prevalence of 75-80% for heat/cold intolerance.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Berne | first = Katrina | author-link = Katrina Berne | date = Dec 1, 1995 | title = Running on Empty: The Complete Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS)|edition= 2nd |url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/Running-Empty-Complete-Chronic-Syndrome/dp/0897931912/ | publisher = Hunter House | page = 58 |isbn= 978-0897931915}}</ref> In the [[London criteria]] for ME, sensitivity to both heat and cold is mentioned under the criteria of ''periods of impaired circulation compatible with autonomic dysfunction''.<ref name="Londoncriteria">{{Citation | url =http://www.axfordsabode.org.uk/me/mecrit2014.htm|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150923181011/http://www.axfordsabode.org.uk/me/mecrit2014.htm|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Criteria and clinical guidelines. 2014 | date = Oct 15, 2014 | last = Howes | first = Sandra | author-link = Sandra Howes | last2 = Goudsmit | first2 = Ellen M. | author2link = Ellen Goudsmit | last3 = Shepherd | first3 = Charles |author3link = Charles Shepherd}}</ref>
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