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Most doctors and people with chronic fatigue syndrome don't know the name of this syndrome or anything else about it. The CDC estimates that 90% of people with ME/CFS aren't diagnosed by a health care professional.
“Of all the people who completed the survey, only 46% had ever heard about ME/CFS. Even among those who do, only a minority understood there's a medical reason for their symptoms. Patients and their families aren't aware that it exists, and that they can get help and seek care from their primary care physicians,” Unger says.
A 2015 report from the Institute of Medicine found that 29% of people with ME/CFS took more than 5 years to get a diagnosis from a health care professional. One hurdle is that doctors may not know much about the illness: Less than one third of medical schools include ME/CFS in their curriculum.
More: https://www.webmd.com/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/features/chronic-fatigue-study
Most doctors and people with chronic fatigue syndrome don't know the name of this syndrome or anything else about it. The CDC estimates that 90% of people with ME/CFS aren't diagnosed by a health care professional.
“Of all the people who completed the survey, only 46% had ever heard about ME/CFS. Even among those who do, only a minority understood there's a medical reason for their symptoms. Patients and their families aren't aware that it exists, and that they can get help and seek care from their primary care physicians,” Unger says.
A 2015 report from the Institute of Medicine found that 29% of people with ME/CFS took more than 5 years to get a diagnosis from a health care professional. One hurdle is that doctors may not know much about the illness: Less than one third of medical schools include ME/CFS in their curriculum.
More: https://www.webmd.com/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/features/chronic-fatigue-study