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Health Sciences Chronic fatigue syndrome Medicina

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Why the Psychosomatic View on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Inconsistent with Current Evidence and Harmful to Patients

Manuel Thoma, Laura Froehlich, Daniel B. R. Hattesohl, Sonja Quante, Leonard A. Jason, Carmen Scheibenbogen
Medicina Summary & key facts 2023 20 citations

This review says that calling ME/CFS a psychosomatic illness does not fit current scientific evidence and harms patients. ME/CFS has been classed as a neurological disease since 1969. Studies report repeated physical abnormalities in blood flow, vascular function, energy metabolism, and immune markers, and many patients develop ME/CFS after an…

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Health, psychology, and well-being
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