Medically unexplained physical symptoms

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Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS or MUS) are symptoms for which the doctor is unable to find a cause.

MUS or MUPS are known also as Functional Somatic Symptoms (FSS) or Bodily Distress Syndrome (BDS) There is currently an PROSPERO systematic review being undertaken by a number of authors including Peter White into MUS [1].

Criticism[edit | edit source]

The whole MUS concept has been criticised especially with wrongly including the neurological disease of ME.

The inclusion of ME/CFS under MUS has been heavily criticised [2]

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An article in Positive Health stated that MUS will divert funding from mental health by wrongly including ME/CFS. [3].

The Countess of Mar has asked questions about the problems of MUS and ME/CFS in the House of Lords. [4].

Dr James Coyne has found that Peter White did not disclose his financial interests with insurers for the PROSPERO review [5].


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