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The Disease
Infectious agents: Herpesvirus Epstein barr virus cytomegalovirus HSV-1 HSV-2 influenza HHV-6 HHV-7 Coxsackie A Coxsackie B Babesia Bartonella enterovirus Parvovirus B-19 Ross River Virus Borna Disease Virus Q Fever H1N1

Triggers and risk factors: Viral onset Trauma Pregnancy Menstrual cycle Stress Vaccine Toxic exposure Candidiasis Mold Epidemiology

Signs and symptoms: Orthostatic intolerance Ataxia Cognitive dysfunction Postural orthostatic tachycardia Neurally mediated hypotension Sleep disturbance Fatigue Post-exertional malaise Nonepileptic seizure Seizure Migraine Muscle fatigability Food intolerance

Hypotheses: Methylation cycle hypothesis Amygdala hypothesis Hygiene hypothesis Infectious disease

Body systems: Nervous system HPA axis Brain Spinal cord Neuroinflammation Microglia Leaky brain Glutamate excitotoxicity Central sensitization Gastrointestinal system Microbiome Leaky gut Immune system Mucosal immune system B cell Natural killer cell Macrophage Cytokines IL-2 interferon IL-10 IL-1 IL-18 IL-17 Tumor necrosis factors Ribonuclease L Antibody Autoantibody Cardiovascular system Blood

Tests: Cardiopulmonary exercise test Two day exercise test Erythrocyte sedimentation rate C reactive protein Brain imaging MRI SPECT Exercise Tilt Table

Citizen science: 23andMe UBiome American Gut Mendus Any Treatment Phoenix Rising

Biochemistry and cell biology: Methylation cycle Citric acid cycle Mitochondria D lactate Lactic acid Nitric oxide Glutathione glucocorticoid endocannabinoid Histamine

Nutrients: Vitamin D Vitamin C Copper Folate B12 B6 B2 Deadlock quartet TMG Sam-e L-carnitine Zinc Magnesium

Names & Definitions
Names and related conditions: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ME/CFS Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease Chronic epstein barr Chronic lyme disease Mold illness Biotoxin illness Environmental illness Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Gulf War Illness Mast cell activation disorder Mastocytosis Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Fibromyalgia Small intestine bacterial overgrowth Lactic acidosis Autoimmune disease Cancer Thyroid disease Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Definitions: Definitions of ME and CFS Canadian Consensus Criteria International Consensus Criteria Oxford criteria Fukuda criteria Holmes criteria

Treatment
Supplements: Probiotics AHCC CoQ10 MitoQ PrescriptAssist Mutaflor GcMAF Colostrum Transfer factors

Antivirals: Valgancyclovir Famciclovir Valaciclovir Acyclovir Immunovir

Immuomodulators and immunostimulants: Ampligen Low dose naltrexone Equilibrant Intravenous immunoglobulin Staphylococcal vaccine

Anti-inflammatory drugs:

Other drug treatments: Rituximab Prednisone

Diets: Vegan diet Vegetarian diet Paleo diet Ketogenic diet GAPS diet Specific carbohydrate diet

Uncategorized interventions: Mold avoidance Fasting Chelation Fecal matter transplant Helminth therapy Pacing Energy envelope Dark chocolate Medical marijuana Hyperbaric oxygen Ozone Altitude Coffee enema Exercise

Clinical Doctors, USA: Lucinda Bateman Derek Enlander Nancy Klimas Courtney Craig Daniel Peterson Phillipe Bottello John Chia

Clinical Doctors, UK: Sarah Myhill William Weir Nigel Speight Peter Behan Charles Shepherd Gabrielle Murphy Amolak Bansal

Clinical Doctors, Germany: Anna Dorothea Hoeck

Clinical Doctors, Belgium: Kenny de Meirleir

Clinical Doctors, South Africa: Cecile Jadin

Research
Research initiatives USA: Open Medicine Foundation Chronic Fatigue Initiative Solve ME/CFS Microbe Discovery Project Bateman Horne Center

 Researchers USA: Ronald Davis Jarred Younger Alan Light Andreas Kogelnik Jose Montoya David Bell Mady Hornig Eric Schadt Ian Lipkin John Chia Rosemary Underhill Suzanne Vernon  David Berg Nancy Klimas

Research initiatives UK: ME Research UK Cure ME Invest in ME UK CFS/ME Collaborative Invest in ME Conference Ramsay Research Fund

 Researchers UK: Melvin Ramsay Judy Mikovits Amolak Bansal Julia Newton Elizabeth Dowsett Simon Carding James Mowbray John Richardson Luis Nacul Derek Pheby

 Researchers Australia: Elaine DeFreitas Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik Donald Staines

 Researchers Germany: Carmen Scheibenbogen

 Researchers Norway: Olav Mella Øystein Fluge

 Researchers Canada: Byron Hyde

Psychological Paradigm
Psychological paradigm, mind-body approaches and related interventions: PACE trial graded exercise therapy cognitive behavioral therapy biopsychosocial deconditioning Mickel therapy Lightning process Gupta programme Psychoneuroimmunology Meditation Bodily distress syndrome Functional somatic syndrome Psychosomatic illness Neurasthenia Medically unexplained symptoms

Psychological paradigm proponents Simon Wessely Michael Sharpe Peter White Trudie Chalder Rona Moss-Morris Jessica Bavinton Esther Crawley

Psychological paradigm critics James Coyne Keith Laws David Tuller Ronald Davis Bruce Levin Arthur Reingold Jonathan Edwards Leonard Jason

Politics & Government
US Government Institute of Medicine report Pathways to prevention report Trans-NIH Working Group

UK Government National Institute for Health and Care Excellence National Health Service Science Media Centre

History
Outbreaks: Incline village Lydonville Akuyeri Los Angeles Royal Free Hospital

Deceased patients Sophia Mirza Vanessa Li Lynn Gilderdale Emily Collingridge Chardale Dotson Irvine

Patient Advocacy
Patient Groups #MEAction ME Association Tymes Trust Irish ME/CFS Association ME Advocacy

Notable patients: Karina Hansen Joanne Sophia Mirza Lynn Gilderdale Emily Collingridge Whitney Dafoe Tom Kindlon Graham McPhee Jennie Spotila Laura Hillenbrand Martin McCutcheon Naomi Whittingham Jane Colby Countess of Mar Brian Vastag Jennifer Brea Ryan Prior Hillary Johnson Julie Rehmeyer Leonard Jason Charles Shepherd Nasim Marie Jafry Ken Lassesen Cort Johnson Valerie Eliot Smith Doctor Speedy Tanya Marlow Deborah Waroff Beth Mazur Catherine Hale Stuart Murdoch Mary Schweitzer Toni Bernhard

Notable healthy advocates: Angela Kennedy Mary Dimmock Greg Crowhurst

Notable Quotes: Quotes

TV, Film, Books, Interviews, Blogs
Books: Plague The State of Me Love and Fatigue in America Osler's Web America's Biggest Cover-Up Authors of our own misfortune

Films: What About ME I Remember Me Forgotten Plague Canary in a Coal Mine The Last Great Medical Cover Up

Notable TV segments Sick and Tired

Video Interviews ME/CFS Alert Science for Patients

Blogs Health Rising Occupy CFS #MEAction ME Advocacy Courtney Craig Cell Fatigue CFS Patient Advocate Constant F****** S*** ME Association Onward Through the Fog Nice Guidelines Valerie Eliot Smith Blog CFS Remission About.com Health FMS/ME/CFS