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- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:59 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Contaminated Polio Vaccines.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9270
Re: Contaminated Polio Vaccines.
MEA website poll completed by people who predate the onset of their ME/CFS to a vaccination: If your ME/CFS was triggered by a vaccination, which vaccine was involved? Hepatitis B (57%, 338 Votes) Flu (9%, 51 Votes) Other (7%, 41 Votes) BCG (6%, 33 Votes) Cannot remember (5%, 31 Votes) Combination (...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:42 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Alcohol Intolerance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3120
Re: Alcohol Intolerance
Research paper on alcohol intolerance in mE/CFS:
http://simonwessely.com/downloads/publi ... FS/160.pdf
http://simonwessely.com/downloads/publi ... FS/160.pdf
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:40 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Alcohol Intolerance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3120
Re: Alcohol Intolerance
Re: Is there an explanation for alcohol intolerance in ME/CFS? Simple awnser is no As you are probably aware, people with ME/CFS are often sensitive to drugs that act on the central nervous system (eg painkillers, antidepressants) - probably as a result of the way in which these drugs interfere with...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:37 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Blood abnormalities.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3098
Re: Blood abnormalities.
John Blood test results have to be viewed in relation to clinical presentation, examination findings etc and it's very difficult to start providing individual advice on a range of results - especially when some of them come from the private medical sector For example, a raised ESR or CRP level sugge...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:27 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Working full-time - do you have reasonable adjustments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10774
Re: Working full-time - do you have reasonable adjustments
Here is some advice on employment that I have just given to a similar query: Re: Working with ME by Dr Charles Shepherd on Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:24 pm Here is some general MEA information on Employment and ME/CFS: 1 We have an MEA information leaflet that covers all aspects of employment, including adj...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:24 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Working with ME
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2361
Re: Working with ME
Here is some general MEA information on Employment and ME/CFS: 1 We have an MEA information leaflet that covers all aspects of employment, including adjustments at work and strategies for return to work. This leaflet also covers how the 2010 Equality Act and the (previous) Disability Discrimination ...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:14 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Cold baths as a treatment - what happened to that?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1616
Re: Cold baths as a treatment - what happened to that?
Charlotte Yes, I am aware of this research and the vast amount of media publicity (yet another 'miracle cure' for ME/CFS) it generated in the Daily Telegraph at the time I have to say I was never very convinced by the theory and did not start recommending this approach to people with ME/CFS As far a...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:10 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Does this sound like CFS to you?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1920
Re: Does this sound like CFS to you?
This is clearly quite a complex history and from what you say I think you ought to be re-assesed in relation to: 1 The possibility of coeliac disease - because there is quite a lot of overlap between coelic disease and ME/CFS and it's not unknown for people with fatigue + irritable bowel type sympto...
- Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:05 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Recovery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1625
Re: Recovery
There is very little in the way of solid research information relating to what factors help recovery in ME/CFS My personal view is that improvement and increasing the chances of partial/full recovery in ME/CFS is very much related to: 1 An early and accurate diagnosis 2 Sensible advice relating to a...
- Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:03 pm
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: DLA application
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5135
Re: DLA application
The DWP officially recognises ME and CFS as potentially disabling conditions in relation to claims for sickness (= ESA) and disability ( = DLA and PIP) benefits In fact I spend a lot of my time at the moment at DWP HQ in London discussing ESA, DLA and PIP Next week we are discussing the preliminary ...