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==== Claims of recovery and cures ==== Charlatans claim they can cure CFS (per the CDC "there is no cure"<ref name="treatments">{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/treatment/index.html | title = Treatment {{!}} Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) | last = | first = | date = 2018-07-03 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-11-22}}</ref>) when in reality they may be able to treat [[chronic fatigue]] (CF). ME/CFS patients experience an ongoing improper immune response and other abnormalities for at least 6 months straight with a reduction in activity with a specific symptom set for at least 50% of the time.<ref name="etiology" /><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/healthcare-providers/diagnosis/iom-2015-diagnostic-criteria.html | title = IOM 2015 Diagnostic Criteria {{!}} Diagnosis {{!}} Healthcare Providers {{!}} Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | date = 2018-07-10 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|language=en-us|access-date=2018-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/healthcare-providers/diagnosis/approach-to-diagnosis.html | title = Proposed Approach to ME/CFS Diagnosis in Children and Adults {{!}} Diagnosis {{!}} Healthcare Providers {{!}} Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | date = 2018-07-12 | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |language=en-us|access-date=2018-09-07}}</ref> Additionally, there have been media reports of some athletes―usually amateur athletes,―diagnosed with CFS that recovered after a relatively short period of time with rest, supplementation, and diet changes,<ref name="Inews2018" /><ref name="Times2017" /><ref name="ABC2018" /><ref name="London2019" /> but they may have had [[overtraining syndrome]],<ref name="spence">{{Cite web | last = Spence | first = Vance | authorlink = Vance Spence|website=Irish M.E. Association| title = Snippets {{!}} A presentation by MERGE Chairman Dr Vance Spence on 12 November 2005 at the Oak Tree Court Conference Centre, Coventry, at the invitation of the Warwickshire Network for ME|url = https://www.imet.ie/imet_website/snippets/7th_december_2005_snippets.html|quote=(Mommersteeg et al, 2005) shows that the "burnout" experienced by athletes differs from CFS, and is certainly not ME as described in earlier literature. This is just one example of many media stories - thrown out into the public arena - which have an uncertain meaning in the context of ME/CFS}}</ref> while some people with adrenal failure, [[idiopathic chronic fatigue]] or another fatiguing illness may be erroneously diagnosed with CFS<ref name="ICC"/><ref name="recovery">{{Cite web | url = https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Diane_Cox2/publication/257764167_Severe_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome_CFSME_Recovery_is_possible/links/00b49525d3a11018ad000000/Severe-Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome-CFS-ME-Recovery-is-possible.pdf | title = Severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Recovery is Possible | last = Burley | first = Lucy | authorlink=Lucy Burley | last2 = Cox | first2 = Diane | authorlink2 = Diane Cox | date = Aug 1, 2007|pages=339-344|language=en|doi=10.1177/030802260707000803|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-02-11 | last3 = Findley | first3 = Leslie|journal=British Journal of Occupational Therapy|volume=70|issue=8 | authorlink3 = Leslie Findley}}</ref><ref name="Anoop2012">{{Cite journal | last = Devasahayam | first = Anoop | author-link = | last2 = Lawn | first2 = Tara | authorlink2 = | last3 = Murphy | first3 = Maurice | authorlink3 = | last4 = White | first4 = Peter D | authorlink4 = Peter White | date = Jan 2012 | title = Alternative Diagnoses to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Referrals to a Specialist Service: Service Evaluation Survey | url = https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1258/shorts.2011.011127|journal=JRSM Short Reports|volume=3|issue=1|pages=1–5|doi=10.1258/shorts.2011.011127|issn=2042-5333|pmc=PMC3269106|pmid=22299071|access-date=|quote=Half of all the referred patients to a specialist CFS clinic had alternative medical and psychiatric diagnoses.|via=}}</ref> ME and CFS in professional athletes normally results in very premature retirement.<ref name="Squash">{{Cite news | title = Illness robbed Marshall of crowning glory | first = Sam | last = Murley | date = Apr 10, 2019 | url = https://www.royalgazette.com/sport/article/20190410/illness-robbed-marshall-of-crowning-glory/|publisher =Royal Gazette}}</ref><ref name="Annadale">{{Cite web| title = Annadale Striders Interview - Derek Graham | url = http://annadalestriders.co.uk/derek-graham-interview/|website=Annadale Striders}}</ref><ref name="Shattered">{{Cite book |url = https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Shattered.html?id=mkbxPAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y | title = Shattered: A Champion's Fight Against a Mystery Illness | first=Peter | last= Marshall | first2 = Nick | last2 = Kehoe | date = 2001|publisher =Mainstream}}</ref><ref name="Olympian">{{Cite news | date = May 4, 2012| title = Linley Frame: Olympian and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferer|url = https://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/05/04/3495770.htm|website =Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref name="FIFA">{{Cite web|url = http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/classic-players/player=michelle-akers-usa-1329785.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610042710/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/classic-players/player=michelle-akers-usa-1329785.html|archive-date = 2015-06-10| title = Michelle Akers USA|website=FIFA}}</ref><ref name="olaf">{{Cite news | url = https://www.welt.de/sport/gallery118782921/Benefizspiel-fuer-den-schwer-kranken-Olaf-Bodden.html | title = Benefizspiel für den schwer kranken Olaf Bodden | last = | first = | date = 2021 | website = Die Welt|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-11-17}}</ref><ref name="LA">{{Cite news | title = Garton enjoying life after United in LA | first = Andy | last = Mitten | date = Jul 24, 2014 | url = https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/andy-mitten-billy-garton-enjoying-7508558.amp|website =Manchester Evening News}}</ref>
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