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The name [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME) was coined by Dr. [[Melvin Ramsay]] following the [[1955 Royal Free Hospital outbreak]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last = | first = | date = 1957-10-19 | title = An Outbreak of Encephalomyelitis in the Royal Free Hospital Group, London, in 1955|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1962472/|journal=British Medical Journal|volume=2|issue=5050 | pages = 895β904|issn=0007-1447|pmc=|pmid=13472002|via=}}</ref> and is a portmanteau of several of the key signs and symptoms of the disease: myalgic ([[muscle pain]]), encephalo ([[brain]]), myel ([[spinal cord]]), itis ([[inflammation]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.investinme.org/Article%20010-Encephalopathy%20Hooper.shtml | title = Invest in ME Research - The Terminology of ME & CFS | last = Hooper | first = Malcolm | date = Feb 2005 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-08-13}}</ref> Several other names have been used or proposed throughout the history of the disease, including [[atypical polio]], [[1948-49 Akureyri outbreak|Icelandic disease]], benign myalgic encephalomyelitis, [[epidemic neuromyasthenia]], [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS), and [[systemic exertion intolerance disease]] (SEID). This has lead to much confusion as a variety of names have been used at different times to describe discrete [[List of outbreaks|outbreaks]], a wider and potentially more heterogenous population of sporadic cases, and with a wide variety of [[Definitions of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome|case definitions]]. A survey by [[The MEAction Network]] in 2016 found that the majority of patients prefer the name myalgic encephalomyelitis (69% said βMEβ was an acceptable name) to other names including ME/CFS (28% said acceptable) and chronic fatigue syndrome (only 6% found acceptable).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.meaction.net/2016/08/07/meaction-rfi-poll-report-1-of-3/ | title = #MEAction RFI Poll Report (Part 1 of 3) {{!}} #MEAction | last = | first = | date = Aug 7, 2016|website = [[The MEAction Network]]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-08-13}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nih.gov/sites/default/files/research-training/initiatives/mecfs/rfi-patient-organizations.pdf|title=ME Action Survey; see p.27|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> Most government agencies and researchers around the world now use the term [[ME/CFS]].{{Citation needed}} == Criteria defining ME, CFS, and ME/CFS == {{Main article |page_name = Definitions of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome}} Patients that meet the [[International Consensus Criteria]] (ICC) defining ME are usually more severely impaired than patients that meet the [[Canadian Consensus Criteria]] (CCC) defining ME/CFS, or the minimum symptoms defined in the criteria for patients with SEID which also defines ME/CFS. Researchers believe all patients meeting these criteria, including [[Fukuda criteria]] (with [[post-exertional malaise]]) defining CFS, are experiencing brain inflammation.{{Citation needed}} == References == {{Reflist}}
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