ME/CFS Helpful Hints for Daily Living
ME/CFS: Helpful Hints for Daily Living contains a collection of practical hints for those suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), including information on services and resources, with contact details to support and assist sufferers, their carers, families, friends, and health care practitioners.
What is ME/CFS?
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, which includes CFS, is classified as a neurological disease in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases, with the coding ICD-9 323.9; ICD-10 G93.3.
ME/CFS is primarily a disease of variable central nervous system dysfunction, e.g. motor, cognitive, sensory and emotional dysfunction. (Byron Marshall Hyde M.D. The Clinical and Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Published by The Nightingale Research Foundation, p39).
Who suffers from ME/CFS?
ME/CFS is a serious and debilitating illness which can affect males and females, children and adults, with devastating consequences for the sufferers, their carers, partners, families and friends.
Sufferers may live alone or with others, may be partly or completely bedbound or homebound, or be able to participate in some limited outside home activities.
They all share a loss of quality of life due to the disabling features of this illness, and face new challenges as they learn how to manage the illness, and modify their lifestyle to adapt to their level of wellness on a daily basis.
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