In terms of clusters, epidemics etc my thoughts are that as M.E is underdiagnosed we would simply not know if clusters or epidemics were happening around us. They are better documented in hospitals etc as it is clearer when you have a lot of people in one place. If i live in a big city and come down with M.E. how will i ever know if others around me are also coming down with it. Especially when one person is told they have depression, one is told they are neurotic, one is told they PVFS, one is told they have anxiety etc. If you get ill after having a virus for example,very few people would go staright to the GP - often it takes months or years to get a diagnosis. This is skewing the information we have about who has it and where.
It took me 17 years to get a diagnosis, from when i became acutely ill.
BTW does anyone know anything about the Great Ormond street hospital nurses outbreak in the 70's? i ask because i spent quite some time there in the early seventies and had an operation there.
All the best, Justy
It took me 17 years to get a diagnosis, from when i became acutely ill.
BTW does anyone know anything about the Great Ormond street hospital nurses outbreak in the 70's? i ask because i spent quite some time there in the early seventies and had an operation there.
All the best, Justy