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Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Guidelines for Doctors Journal: Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Vol. 10(1) 2002, pp. 65-80 Author:  John Richardson, MB BS Affiliation:  John Richardson is affiliated with Newcastle Research Group, Belle-Vue, Grange Road, Ryton, Tyne & Wear, NE40 3LU, England. HISTORY For those of us who are involved in the care of patients with this condition, the recorded work of Biorn Sigurdsson (1913-1953) in connection with the Akureyn outbreak in Iceland which affected over 1000 patients, both children and adults was repeated by Melvin Ramsay when he was involved in the outbreak in his hospital which became known as the "Royal Free Disease" but defined by him as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. This was followed by an excellent monograph in 1969 by Luis Leon-Sotomayor published by Pageant Press International Corp., New York and entitled, "Epidemic Diencephalomyelitis; A Possible Cause of Neuropsychiatric, Cardiovascular and Endocrine Disord...

The Comprehensive M.E. Symptom List by Jodi Bassett It is important that the scientific facts of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), including an accurate picture of the symptomatology of the illness, become widely known by the media, government and the wider medical community, as well as the general public. There is also a real need for more of this type of information to be available to the M.E. community. Despite the abundance of good research available dating back more than six decades most people with M.E. today – thanks to the politically motivated creation of the bogus disease category of ‘CFS’ in the 1980's – lack even basic accurate information about their illness. The comprehensive M.E. symptom list has been compiled using references produced by the world’s leading M.E. experts. More experienced and more knowledgeable M.E. experts than these – Dr. Byron Hyde and Dr. Elizabeth Dowsett in particular – simply do not exist. This paper is divided into three cate...