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- Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:56 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Working full-time - do you have reasonable adjustments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10833
Re: Working full-time - do you have reasonable adjustments
Sue Employers that refuse to acknowledge a diagnosis of ME/CFS, and therefore refuse to make any appropriate adjustments at work to help someone with ME/CFS, are almost certainly breaking the law - because ME/CFS is a condition that is recognised in relation to both the DDA and the 2010 Equality Act...
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:15 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Blood Tests
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5081
Re: Blood Tests
Worth noting that a raised MCV (= increased size of red blood cells) in someone with ME/CFS indicates the need to specifically exclude several other causes of chronic fatigue - eg pernicious anaemia, low folate, hypothyroidism etc.
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:12 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: ME and pregnancy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3036
Re: ME and pregnancy
Info on Pregnancy from Management section of MEA purple booklet: http://www.meassociation.org.uk/?p=4038 PREGNANCY Some women with ME/CFS fear that pregnancy may worsen their condition or threaten the health of the unborn baby. However, the first published study into pregnancy and ME/CFS has produce...
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:06 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: ME and pregnancy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3036
Re: ME and pregnancy
Kirsty You have a number of very valid questions about ME/CFS in pregnancy We have an MEA information leaflet that covers all aspects of ME/CFS in pregnancy - and it summarises all the anecdotal information we currently have The bottom line is that some people (but not all) notice an improvement in ...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:23 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12019
Re: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
You can try and see what he/she says!
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:22 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Excessive sweating and skin sensitivity.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1669
Re: Excessive sweating and skin sensitivity.
As you may have seen in a previous reply chronic fatigue plus skin itching in the absence of any obvious rash is a 'red flag' warning sign when assessing someone with ME/CFS A condition called primary biliary cirrhosis should always be considered in this situation and I assume that this has been don...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:15 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: More Thanks
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4103
Re: More Thanks
Much appreciated - we are closing down on Tuesday
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:14 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12019
Re: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
From the MEA website NHS services directory: Nuneaton, Warwickshire George Eliot Hospital, College Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7DJ. Tel: 024 7686 5212 ME/CFS service clinic days, Friday afternoons. Waiting time for initial appointment, 13 weeks. Lead clinician, Dr Vinod Patel, with multi-disc...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:12 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12019
Re: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
Information on Management from MEA purple booklet: http://www.meassociation.org.uk/?p=4038 7 MANAGEMENT 7:1 WHO SHOULD MANAGE PEOPLE WITH ME/CFS? Provided the diagnosis is not in doubt, the management of early and less severe cases of ME/ CFS can be carried out by general practitioners and other mem...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:05 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12019
Re: Access to ME / CFS Specialist Clinics
The MEA website has a list of all the hospital based services, along with contact details, for people with ME/CFS in the UK If there isn't a local service available you have a good case for asking for a referral outside your local area If this is refused I suggest you write to your MP - especially i...