How does she define a CFS patient?
Fukuda.
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How does she define a CFS patient?
Looks like a mix of amateur/armchair psychiatry
esther crawley @CrawleyEsther
Fluge: it takes 6 months to get a response to Rituximab. One third don't benefit. #CMRC2015
ha ha - like the CBT I had for my 'false illness beliefs' but maybe if I imagine I have brain soap cleaning my brain it will really work and the knowledge from the slides will be washed away - ahhhhhh - nice.Here, have some brain soap. It doesn't work, but at least you can feel like you're making an effort.
I think she said in one of her talks that her patients were asking her why she was using Fukuda instead of the ICC.
Whats the other kind?
So no PEM required. Fukuda pulls in a lot of chronic fatigue for other reasons if patients are not actually checked and treated for MDD, hypothyroid, dysautonomia, and other possible reasons for chronic fatigue. When Fukuda is properly applied, I believe all those exclusions must be made, patients treated for possible confounding conditions, and then a CFS diagnosis is only given if the symptoms persist despite those treatments. I sincerely doubt Prof Newton actually did those exclusions, since few other researchers do. They all use the sloppiest application of Fukuda on mild patients and claim they're studying ME/CFS.Fukuda.
Yeah, somebody's glass is half-empty there, isn't it?Which means that two thirds DO benefit!!!