Recovery

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Fogbound
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by Fogbound on Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:15 am

Recovery

Is recovery due to self-management or is it a spontaneous thing?

Is there anything that improves the chances of recovery?

Is it that people who recover fully did not actually have CFS/ME but something else, for example a food intolerance?

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Dr Charles Shepherd
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by Dr Charles Shepherd on Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:05 pm

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 activity management according to stage, severity and clinical presentation

3 Good management of key symptoms: pain, sleep disturbance etc and (where it occurs as a result of having ME/CFS) depression and/or psychosocial distress

4 On-going support with benefit applications, education, employment

The MEA has an information leaflet covering Prognosis and Permanency which summaries all the current evidence on outcomes in ME/CFS

MEA website and pdf literature form: http://www.meassociation.org.uk
Dr Charles Shepherd
MB BS, Honorary Medical Adviser, ME Association

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