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New NHS service launched in Newcastle for people with undiagnosed chronic fatigue
From the Daily Mail:
Fatigue is an umbrella term for a range of problems, including tiredness, reduced energy levels, muscle weakness, memory problems, anxiety, dizziness, and palpitations.
The symptoms that patients have are not helped by sleep or rest.
Although fatigue is commonly associated with CFS/ME, which is believed by many experts to be a neurological condition similar to MS or Parkinson’s and affects about 250,000 people in the UK, work at the Newcastle clinic and other centres shows that it is far more common as a symptom of other conditions, and that in some cases, there may be no identifiable cause.
Up to 70 per cent of patients with rheumatological diseases suffer with fatigue, and it has also been linked to lupus, Sjögren’s syndrome, chronic infections, thyroid and liver conditions and restless leg syndrome.
Link to story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ervice-launched-combat-long-term-fatigue.html
CS Comment:
An NHS hospital-based referral service that is willing to properly investigate patients who have undiagnosed chronic fatigue rather than ME/CFS is a welcome development
This will be in addition to the well respected clinical and research work being carried out in Newcastle by Professor Julia Newton's group
From the Daily Mail:
Fatigue is an umbrella term for a range of problems, including tiredness, reduced energy levels, muscle weakness, memory problems, anxiety, dizziness, and palpitations.
The symptoms that patients have are not helped by sleep or rest.
Although fatigue is commonly associated with CFS/ME, which is believed by many experts to be a neurological condition similar to MS or Parkinson’s and affects about 250,000 people in the UK, work at the Newcastle clinic and other centres shows that it is far more common as a symptom of other conditions, and that in some cases, there may be no identifiable cause.
Up to 70 per cent of patients with rheumatological diseases suffer with fatigue, and it has also been linked to lupus, Sjögren’s syndrome, chronic infections, thyroid and liver conditions and restless leg syndrome.
Link to story:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ervice-launched-combat-long-term-fatigue.html
CS Comment:
An NHS hospital-based referral service that is willing to properly investigate patients who have undiagnosed chronic fatigue rather than ME/CFS is a welcome development
This will be in addition to the well respected clinical and research work being carried out in Newcastle by Professor Julia Newton's group