ME/CFS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqDubEeIBtA The acronym ME/CFS is may be used to describe myalgic encephalomyelitis. Different names may be used to indicate which of several sets of diagnostic criteria are being described. The disease defined by the Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC) or Institute of Medicine Criteria is often described as ME/CFS, whereas the ICC criteria (ICC) is often described as myalgic encephalomyelitis, and the Fukuda criteria connotates 'chronic fatigue syndrome'. Some people living with ME prefer that the 'CFS' be left off of the disease name.

United States (US) government bodies now use the acronym ME/CFS, as does the US Clinician's Coalition. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) website page is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). The acronym CFS/ME is used by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. The CDC recognizes ME/CFS as a "disabling and complex disease"

"The most common overlapping condition with ME/CFS is fibromyalgia." While some have posited ME/CFS and fibromyalgia are variants of the same illness, Benjamin Natelson, MD summoned considerable amounts of data that suggest the two illnesses differ with different pathophysiologic processes leading to different treatments.

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Persons living with ME/CFS