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==Feeding tubes == Some people severely affected by [[ME/CFS]] need a [[feeding tube]] or artificial nutrition, and may become severely underweight purely as a result of their ME/CFS symptoms, and may starve to death.<ref name="merryncrofts">{{Cite news | title =ME sufferer who was dismissed as hysterical vindicated in death| publisher = The Times | date = May 29, 2018| first =Lucy |last =Bannerman}}</ref> This is also the case for some people with anorexia or eating disorders. [[Merryn Crofts]] was bedbound and unable to eat when she died of [[Severe and very severe ME|very severe ME]]. Merryn relied on a feeding tube for nutrition, and weighed under six stone (84 lbs) at her death but she did not have an eating disorder; Merryn had severe [[digestive problems|gastrointestinal symptoms]] causing severe weight loss. Merryn's autopsy revealed [[Dorsal root ganglia|ganglia]] [[inflammation]]. It is suspected that in the later years of her illness Merryn also suffered from [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome|EDS]] and [[Mast cell activation disorder|MCAD]]. Her death certificate is the second in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] publicly known to have been attributed to ME.{{Citation needed | date = February 2021}}<ref name="merryncrofts"/> [[Whitney Dafoe]], a patient with [[severe and very severe ME#verysevere|very severe ME]] who featured in the documentary [[Unrest]] relies on a feeding tube for all nutrition and cannot even drink water.<ref name="Dafoe2021"/> He remains severely underweight and cannot speak.<ref name="Dafoe2021"/>
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