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“I
split my clinical time between the two illnesses, and I can tell you if I had
to choose between the two illnesses, I would rather have H.I.V.
But ME which
impacts a million people in the United States alone, has had a small fraction
of the research dollars directed towards it.”
Dr. Nancy Klimas, AIDS and MyalgicEncephalomyelitis researcher
“ME/CFS is not rare and it is highly debilitating,”
Professor
Jonas Bergquist, the ME/CFS Collaborative Research
Center at Uppsala University, Sweden.
“A key priority is to develop a diagnostic test for ME/CFS to increase
the accuracy of diagnosis,”
Dr. Carmen Scheibenbogen, Professor at
Universitätsklinik Charité Berlin
The above quotes were issued in Brussels, Belgium 10 June 2020.
More than one 100 scientists have signed an open letter calling
for more European research into the illness Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).
With thanks to the ME Association charity for this information on their website.
“The
bad news is we don’t know what causes it or how to treat it successfully.
But
the good news is that there are now over 4,000 published studies that show
underlying biological abnormalities in patients with this illness.”
Dr. Anthony Komaroff,
Harvard (quotes Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
“Over the last 35 years, there have been over 9,000 scientific
publications that compare people with the illness [Myalgic Encephalomyelitis] to healthy people of
the same age and sex,
and they find a whole variety of abnormalities.”
Dr. Anthony Komaroff, Professor at Harvard
Medical School
“[ME/CFS
patients] feel effectively the same every day as an AIDS patient feels two months
before death”
Professor Loveless, AIDS&ME/CFS Clinic
“[ME/CFS
patients] are more sick and have greater disability than patients with chronic
obstructive lung or cardiac disease.”
Dr. William Reeves,
Chief of the ME/CFS
research programme at the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC)
Note from Katherine: I shared the above CFS quote on twitter. I was told that Dr William Reeves hasn't always been the most helpful in his attitude towards CFS patients.
This makes me all the more delighted to tweet these words of his which are helpful in validating the severity of the illness :-)
“…for
those who have studied the disease for many years, it is apparent that the most
serious issue in ME is a kind of brain malfunction that may be caused by an
infectious agent, or some other source that is, so far, poorly understood.”
Dr.
David Bell, clinician and researcher (quote about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
“CFS/ME should be considered a multi system disorder with
many organs involved.”
Dr Cariente Pariante, King's College, speaking on Good
Evening Wales, December 2018
“M E/CFS is a serious, chronic and systemic disease which frequently and dramatically limits the activities of affected patients.”
Appendix: Report of the Institute of Medicine, Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness, Clinicians Guide, 10 February 2015. This report was based on the review by the American National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Health of approximately 9000 peer-reviewed studies into ME/CFS.
Click here to read about research on ME/CFS that has taken place.
The term Myalgic Encephalomyelitis includes suggests that this is a brain disease.
Read about research into the brain of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/CFS.
“These [ME] patients have been ignored for far too long,”
Pascal
Arimont, member of The European Parliament (MEP)
"We
need to make sure there is good quality education for healthcare professionals.
There is a group of dedication professionals working together (led by the
amazing Dr Nina Muirhead) to make sure those that need a greater understanding
can access it"
@SonyaChowdhury, (Chief Executive, @actionforme) June 2020 (quote about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
As I say please feel free to share these quotes about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to raise #MEAwareness.
Either way, I hope they have helped to validate your own experience of this chronic illness, in your own life or in the life of a loved one.
Wishing you health both within and beyond illness,
Katherine
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