Breathing problems in ME/CFS
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Breathing problems or respiratory symptoms that may be caused by myalgic encephalomyelitis include:
- air hunger,
- laboured breathing, and
- fatigue of the chest wall muscles[1]
These symptoms may also have other causes unrelated to ME.
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Air hunger[edit | edit source]
Laboured breathing[edit | edit source]
Fatigue of the chest wall muscles[edit | edit source]
Symptom recognition[edit | edit source]
- The International Consensus Criteria lists respiratory problems as an optional criteria for diagnosis, under section D. Energy metabolism/ion transportation.[1]
Prevalence[edit | edit source]
Treatment[edit | edit source]
The International Consensus Criteria for ME states that breathing exercises strengthen respiratory muscles.[1]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Pacing
- Energy envelope
- International Consensus Criteria
- Myalgic encephalomyelitis
- Severe and very severe ME
- Mitochondria dysfunction
- Ion transportation
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carruthers, BM; van de Sande, MI; De Meirleir, KL; Klimas, NG; Broderick, G; Mitchell, T; Staines, D; Powles, ACP; Speight, N; Vallings, R; Bateman, L; Baumgarten-Austrheim, B; Bell, DS; Carlo-Stella, N; Chia, J; Darragh, A; Jo, D; Lewis, DP; Light, AR; Marshall-Gradisnik, S; Mena, I; Mikovits, JA; Miwa, K; Murovska, M; Pall, ML; Stevens, SR (August 22, 2011), "Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria", Journal of Internal Medicine, 270 (4): 327–338, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x, PMID 21777306
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