I didn't manage to listen to the whole segment over lunch but the information on both chronic fatigue/tired all the time (which was the subject for discussion) and ME/CFS (where I have appeared with Dr Sarah Jarvis on the BBC previously) seemed OK
In particular she emphasised the fact that ME/CFS was completely different to being 'tired all the time' that it was a very disabling illness, and that management was uncertain/controversial
In addition to some calls from people with ME/CFS, there were useful contributions on haemochromatosis (an important part of the differential dignosis of ME/CFS), Lyme Disease and burnout fatigue
More general info on
the presentation and symptoms of haemochromatosis (iron overload) and why it can sometimes be misdiagnosed as ME/CFS:
Although haemochromatosis is inherited, the build-up of iron in the body happens quite slowly and symptoms do not usually appear until a person is aged 30 or 40 years old. In women, this is commonly closer to 50 years. For many the lifetime build-up of iron is quite small and does not cause clinical problems. When symptoms do appear, they may include the following:
- tiredness, fatigue or lack of energy
- a feeling of weakness in your limbs
- pain in the joints, especially in the knuckles and in the joints of your first two fingers
- pain in your stomach or abdomen
- loss of libido (sex drive) and possibly
- impotence or early menopause
- evidence of liver damage from scarring (fibrosis) and cirrhosis
- cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle)
- type 2 diabetes
- a yellowing or ‘bronzing’ of the skin.
Some people diagnosed with haemochromatosis report having mental confusion, mood swings and depression.
And here:
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Haemochromatosis/Pages/Introduction.aspx
CS