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This is something that really bugs me. More than that, to my mind it perpetuates the whole idea that ME/CFS is only 'chronic fatigue'. We are stuck with the name (CFS) for now but that does not excuse people writing supposedly informative articles using the name of one of the many symptoms (chronic fatigue) as an acceptable moniker.
This might be something you might already be doing but just in case..........
Whenever I come accross this misuse of chronic fatigue I am contacting the site/author and explaining:
"
Throughout your literature you refer to Chronic fatigue.
I would like to point out that this is a symptom of many illnesses and NOT the same as ME/CFS or CFS which is a disease in it's own right.
This confusion is widespread and has lead to major problems in getting the disease the recognition it deserves.
We know the name CFS is misleading and we hate it (why most sufferers keep the original name M.E. which stands for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis).
But articles and literature that repeatedly make this mistake only help to reinforce this belief that CFS is only chronic fatigue and does our community immeasurable harm."
I would urge others to do the same.
sly
Edit: I am posting this link here in addition to below as I think it explains the difference well:
https://www.verywell.com/chronic-fatigue-or-syndrome-716109
This might be something you might already be doing but just in case..........
Whenever I come accross this misuse of chronic fatigue I am contacting the site/author and explaining:
"
Throughout your literature you refer to Chronic fatigue.
I would like to point out that this is a symptom of many illnesses and NOT the same as ME/CFS or CFS which is a disease in it's own right.
This confusion is widespread and has lead to major problems in getting the disease the recognition it deserves.
We know the name CFS is misleading and we hate it (why most sufferers keep the original name M.E. which stands for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis).
But articles and literature that repeatedly make this mistake only help to reinforce this belief that CFS is only chronic fatigue and does our community immeasurable harm."
I would urge others to do the same.
sly
Edit: I am posting this link here in addition to below as I think it explains the difference well:
https://www.verywell.com/chronic-fatigue-or-syndrome-716109
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