The ME-debate in the newspaper Aftenposten continues with yet another contribution. This time from a senior doctor called Morten Nissen Melsom. It is a new name for me, and I am glad to see more health care workers join the ME-debate and support the research and the patients. Apparently he works with lung diseases, but from this letter-to-the-editor he seems pretty well updated on ME too.One more answer to prof. Saugstad. This time from two neurologists (they actually work at the same university hospital as Fluge&Mella)
ME er ikke en betennelse i hjernen
google translation: ME is not an inflammation of the brain
- .. he uses his medical authority to suppress persons with life experience associated with chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, who wish that this experience should be used by people with this illness.
- It is a reality that many people with this type of illness have the opportunity to get better by their own efforts.
ME kan ikke kureres som psykisk sykdom
google translate: ME can not be cured as a mental illness
- You can't make the mistake to declare someone well just because medical progress hasn't gotten far enough yet.