encephalomyelitis

Myalgic encephalomyelitis, also called chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS for short, has been affecting people for a long time.

It sounds like she had a serious case of myalgic encephalomyelitis brought on by Covid.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis showed an OE ratio of 3.78 (95 % CI: 1.52, 7.78) following the first dose of mRNA-1273 vaccine.

It is virtually indistinguishable from the condition long known in the medical lexicon as post-infectious syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

I have two friends with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (aka chronic fatigue) at life-ruining levels, likely from the 2009 swine flu.

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) might be what you're thinking, although I think generally it's described as chronic _fatigue_ rather than laziness.

I know two people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis from the 2009 flu epidemic and it's nasty.

I have spent the last week with Claude Code, instructing it to find all it can about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).

* Chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis, for those not familiar with the abbreviations.

> - Chronic fatigue syndrome (Myalgic encephalomyelitis) > Of those, fatigue in general is common with autistic people, as masking can result in it.

>Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence for abnormalities in the brain and immune systems of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

[12,13] Moreover, mice fed a cellulose-enriched diet were protected from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) through changes in their microbial and metabolic profiles and reduced numbers of pro-inflammatory T cells.

There's a push to call CFS "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis".

The same type of phenomenon happened with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, now identified as "Myalgic encephalomyelitis" where patients were long disregarded as simply having psychological problems, and the same with many auto-immune disorders.

I'll take the abbreviation over "myalgic encephalomyelitis"!

As a side note there is the following study CFS/me which might be of interest "We aim to find genetic causes of why people become ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) with our ground-breaking research.

The UK has had a multi-year struggle for people with ME/CFS, (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome).