Myalgic encephalomyelitis Adine Elisabeth Nåvik

Torhild Kaald

A complex neurologic disorder – unknown cause

Not yet classified as a biological disease

What is it?

Most typical – post-exertional malaise Influenza-like symptomes Orthostatic intolerance Neurological/cognitive manifestations Muscle and/or joint pain Sleep dysfunction 70% gets the disorder after an infection

Symptoms

Is very difficult to diagnose Depression Canada-criteria 4 degrees of severity:- Mild- Moderate- Severe- Very severe

Diagnosis

Difficult to give exact numbers because of different diagnose criteria

All nationalities All ages, but more frequently from age 40-59 Bot genders, but predominantly females About 15 000 people in Norway, but

probably much higher number

Statistics

Treatment of symptomes Lot of disagreement Lightning process Different treatment works on different

patients

Treatment

New study from Standford medical in California (2014) Diffusion-tensor imaging of the brain Abnormality in the brain in the right arcuate fasciculus

(may be used for diagnosis) Total amount of white matter in the right hemisphere is

less than in healthy people

Another study in Bergen, Norway (2011 - ) Rituximab – cancer medication, shows good results in

some cases

Latest research

Wrongly diagnosed Laziness Human nature

Peoples perceptions

Questions

http://me-foreningen.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAa-l-N1Eg http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/abs/10.1148/radiol.14141079 http://www.meassociation.org.uk/about/what-is-mecfs

/ http://tidsskriftet.no/article/1072526/ http://www.serendipitycat.no/wp-content/uploads/201

1/12/Erfaringskonferansen-DrBaumgarten.pdf http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/

bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Chronic_fatigue_syndrome

Sources