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==Misdiagnosis == Swallowing and eating symptoms in ME/CFS can lead to the person becoming severely underweight; this can cause a misdiagnosis of [[Anorexia_and_eating_disorders#anorexianervosa|anorexia nervosa]]<ref name="ME-misconceptions">{{Cite web | url = https://www.tymestrust.org/pdfs/metheillness.pdf | title=ME - The Illness and Common Misconceptions: Abuse, Neglect, Mental Incapacity. A summary originally produced for the legal profession | last = Colby | first = Jane | author-link = Jane Colby | date = | website = [[Tymes Trust]]| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=Feb 25, 2019}}</ref> or another eating disorder, which may lead to inappropriate treatment. A number of patient groups have raised concerns that eating disorders including | [[Anorexia_and_eating_disorders#anorexianervosa|anorexia nervosa]] may be incorrectly diagnosed in some patients who actually have weight loss caused by ME/CFS symptoms, particularly in children, young people, and people with [[Severe and very severe ME|severe ME]].<ref name="ME-misconceptions" /> Some children with severe ME have been misdiagnosed with [[Pervasive Refusal Syndrome]], based on the assumption that they are refusing to eat, refusing to speak, and refusing to attend school or do normal activities.<ref name="Colby2017"/> {{See also|Misdiagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome}}
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