What Exactly is M.E

[Effort]

Can the BMJ hold a discussion such as this tidsskriftet.no/article/340...

I believe they couldn't but decide for yourselves.

[Seascape]

" There is a lack of expertise within the social, welfare and healthcare services, and disagreement over the diagnostic criteria. Furthermore, the provision of appropriate treatment, rehabilitation and care is lacking, as is expertise regarding the particular needs of children and adolescents. Research activity is limited. Patients experience stigma and a lack of respect from healthcare personnel"

All familiar experiences in the home country of the discredited Oxford Criteria from 1991 same issues raised over 20 years and no significant changes in attitude.

[ringading in reply to Seascape]

Lack of expertise rooted in avoiding the Elephant in the room when ME has been registered a neurological condition by the WHO (world health organisation) since 1969

Where are the armies of neurologists tasked with treating a quarter of a million ME cases - ignoring in a forlorn hope patients go away or can be swept under the carpet with psycho-babble.

[Chocminty]

Hosting this subject is not only an editorial issue for BMJ the Lancet continue a tradition unworthy of a journal with world renown.

Within a historical context shaming medical ethics remains a strong theme running through reporting covering decades of this health condition.

[CheshireKatz]

This was amongst links meassociation.org.uk/wp-con...

[carch520]

ME is what people with it use and CFS is what NHS use and sometimes for less grief from the punters that pay their wages call it CFS/ME.

[Ian123]

The Norwegian Directorate of Health has apologised for the way in which ME patients in Norway have been treated. This follows the publication of the ground-breaking research from Haukeland University in Bergen.

After the publication of the Rituximab study by Fluge et al (2011) and extensive media coverage.

A statement from the Norwegian Directorate of Health has been received where they apologise for not having provided the necessary and proper health services to persons with ME.

Such a public apology from a governmental health agency has never occurred before.

Bjørn Guldvog, Deputy Director General of the Norwegian Directorate of Health made the following statement

"I think that we have not cared for people with ME to a great enough extent. I think it is correct to say that we have not established proper health care services for these people, and I regret that."

Think they will find a cure before we ever hear that from the British government with the Department of Health acknowledging ME as real but failing the proper care test that demonstrated how genuine the sentiment.

[Arianne]

Disease with a thousand names and almost as many definitions. The two criteria the Norway health people are using are not identifying the cases clearly enough and that is with around a dozen that can be chosen from depending on what you want from

the description.

[budgiefriend]

I would think the answer to this question is a big NO, unless they have a marked attitude change. Not holding my breath.