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{{NeedsImage}} '''Irving Spurr''', MD, was a General Practitioner in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. He was Chairman of The [[John Richardson]] Group. He had extensive experience with [[enteroviruses]] and their implication with [[ME/CFS]]. He "uses immunogloulin treatment extensively and has not done a RCT [randomized controlled trial] because he does not believe it is ethical to not offer it to clients. There are apparently problems with the use of [[IVIG]] in the UK and so he used IM."<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC3.shtml#report | title = IIMEC3 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> Dr Spurr wrote a treatise on what he called, EvME, i.e., ME caused by persistent [[Enterovirus|enteroviruses]], entitled, ''Enteroviral Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - EvME:'' See [[File:EvME.pdf]] <blockquote> "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is recognised by the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] as a [[neurological disorder|neurological disease]]. It is well annotated in medical literature, from the [[polio]] epidemics in 1930s-40s <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Alexander Gilliam|Gilliam]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>. Defined by [[Melvin Ramsay]] in the 1950s - [[Royal Free Hospital outbreak |Royal Free Disease]] and in the 1960s by Luis Leon Sotomayor. In 1970 the BMA published a paper by two psychiatrists. Dr [[Colin McEvedy|C P McEvedy]] and Dr [[William Beard|A W Beard]] which concluded that the Royal Free outbreak was largely due to [[hysteria]]. The effect on medical opinion was far reaching and still prevails. The effect on patients was and remains catastrophic. The [[enteroviruses]], ubiquitous in nature, are responsible for a variety of human diseases ranging from mild gastroenteritis to fulminating multi-organ failure. They are the cause of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and it is no surprise that this disease has multi-organ involvement with protean manifestation. Enterovirus genus is comprised of Polioviruses, [[Coxsackievirus|Coxsackieviruses]] A&B, Echoviruses and E71 [Enterovirus 71]. They are members of the Picornaviridea family. The Picorna family is marked by its extremely small size. The virion is a naked icosahedron about 30 nm in diameter. The genome is comprised of single-stranded monopartite RNA. While [[Poliomyelitis]] has virtually been eradicated in the Western world, others of the genera have filled the vacuum so created [E71]. Enteroviruses, as the name implies, persist in the gut and are remarkably resistant to its harsh conditions. They mutate slowly, en passage, to re-challenge host resistance; pandemics occurring every 2-4 years. Diseases can range from relatively minor [[Gastrointestinal system|gastrointestinal]] upset to [[paralysis]], [[meningitis]], [[encephalitis]], cardiac damage and birth defects. Sub clinical and mild infections are by the far most common."<ref>http://www.hfme.org/topicoutbreaks.htm</ref></blockquote> ==Talks and interviews== *2008, Speaker at the 3rd [[Invest in ME International ME Conference]] on ''A GPβs Experiences of Diagnosis and Treatments of ME/CFS''<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.investinme.org/IIMEC3.shtml#agenda | title = IIMEC3 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfSpAKvN5a8 (Video)] ==See also== *[[John Richardson]] *[[Enterovirus]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Clinicians]] [[Category:British clinicians]]
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