myalgic encephalomyelitis adine elisabeth nåvik torhild kaald
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis Adine Elisabeth Nåvik
Torhild Kaald
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A complex neurologic disorder – unknown cause
Not yet classified as a biological disease
What is it?
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Most typical – post-exertional malaise Influenza-like symptomes Orthostatic intolerance Neurological/cognitive manifestations Muscle and/or joint pain Sleep dysfunction 70% gets the disorder after an infection
Symptoms
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Is very difficult to diagnose Depression Canada-criteria 4 degrees of severity:- Mild- Moderate- Severe- Very severe
Diagnosis
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Difficult to give exact numbers because of different diagnose criteria
All nationalities All ages, but more frequently from age 40-59 Bot genders, but predominantly females About 15 000 people in Norway, but
probably much higher number
Statistics
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Treatment of symptomes Lot of disagreement Lightning process Different treatment works on different
patients
Treatment
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New study from Standford medical in California (2014) Diffusion-tensor imaging of the brain Abnormality in the brain in the right arcuate fasciculus
(may be used for diagnosis) Total amount of white matter in the right hemisphere is
less than in healthy people
Another study in Bergen, Norway (2011 - ) Rituximab – cancer medication, shows good results in
some cases
Latest research
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Wrongly diagnosed Laziness Human nature
Peoples perceptions
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Questions
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http://me-foreningen.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAa-l-N1Eg http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/abs/10.1148/radiol.14141079 http://www.meassociation.org.uk/about/what-is-mecfs
/ http://tidsskriftet.no/article/1072526/ http://www.serendipitycat.no/wp-content/uploads/201
1/12/Erfaringskonferansen-DrBaumgarten.pdf http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/
bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Chronic_fatigue_syndrome
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