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I recently heard about this project. Very interesting and could be worthy of a donation or two.
http://www.immunedysfunction.org/pediatric.html
There is increasing awareness of ME/CFS in children and adolescents. It is more common in children over 10 than in younger children, though it can affect children as young as 5. 13% of youth who get Infectious Mononucleosis go on to develop ME/CFS. This illness commonly persists for many years. There is no known cure. Because it is not well known or understood by most doctors, it is thought that over 80% of people with ME/CFS are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.
We have developed a 98 page manual specifically for school nurses. The manual will help to identify this serious illness among a student population, and while there is no known cure, we CAN establish a recovery protocol that could prevent a lifetime of disease.
It is immensely difficult for adults to grasp even a rudimentary knowledge of this disease and a task that is multiplied tenfold when it affects children. We are literally charting new ground and ask for your help.
http://www.immunedysfunction.org/pediatric.html