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===Fluctuating symptoms=== [[ME/CFS]] is frequently described as a '''fluctuating illness''',<ref name="Rowe2017">{{Cite journal | last = Rowe | first = Peter C. | authorlink = Peter Rowe | last2 = Underhill | first2 = Rosemary A. | authorlink2 = Rosemary Underhill | last3 = Friedman | first3 = Kenneth J. | authorlink3 = Kenneth Friedman | last4 = Gurwitt | first4 = Alan | authorlink4 = Alan Gurwitt | first5 = Marvin S. | last5 = Medow | authorlink5 = Marvin Medow | last6 = Schwartz | first6 = Malcolm S. | authorlink6 = Malcolm Schwartz | last7 = Speight | first7 = Nigel | author-link8 = Nigel Speight | last8 = Stewart | first8 = Julian M. | author-link8 = Julian Stewart | last9 = Vallings | first9 = Rosamund | author-link9 = Rosamund Vallings | last10 = Rowe | first10 = Katherine | authorlink10=Katherine Rowe | date = 2017 | title=Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: A Primer |url =https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2017.00121/full|journal=Frontiers in Pediatrics|language=English|volume=5 | pages = 121|doi=10.3389/fped.2017.00121|issn=2296-2360|quote=Symptoms often fluctuate significantly during the day and from day-to-day.}}</ref>, or as a serious illness with '''symptoms that can fluctuate''' in severity and hierachy from day to day or even from hour to hour.<ref name="ICC2011primer"/><ref name="Primer2014">{{Citation | date = 2014 | url=https://www.massmecfs.org/images/pdf/Primer_2014.pdf | title=Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Primer for Clinical Practitioners | last1 = ((International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)) | author-link = International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | last2 = Friedberg | first2 = Fred | authorlink2 = Fred Friedberg | last3 = Bateman | first3 = Lucinda | authorlink3 = Lucinda Bateman | last4 = Bested | first4 = Alison C | authorlink4 = Alison Bested | last5 = Davenport | first5 = Todd | authorlink5 = Todd Davenport | last6 = Friedman | first6 = Kenneth J | authorlink6 = Kenneth Friedman | last7 = Gurwitt | first7 = Alan R | author-link8 = Alan Gurwitt | last8 = Jason | first8 = Leonard A | author-link8 = Leonard Jason | last9 = Lapp | first9 = Charles W | author-link9 = Charles Lapp | last10 = Stevens | first10 = Staci R | authorlink10 = Staci Stevens | last11 = Underhill | first11 = Rosemary A | authorlink11 = Rosemary Underhill | last12 = Vallings | first12 = Rosamund | authorlink12 = Rosamund Vallings|location=Chicago, USA| publisher = International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis |quote=The illness can vary from mild to severe, with symptoms that may fluctuate significantly from hour to hour and day to day.}}</ref><ref name="CDC-clinicians" />
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