Tag: severe ME

My Severe ME Story

This is my severe ME story. What was your life like before you got sick? I was a full-time practising

Case report: Alison Hunter

By Christine Hunter For the past decade patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome have been shamefully mistreated due to government

Research

Gene differences found in severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patients

Queensland scientists looked at patients with moderate and severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (International Consensus Criteria). In the severe ME patients, they found 37 genes were significantly upregulated and 55 genes were significantly downregulated compared with nonfatigued controls. However, there was no difference in expression of protein kinase genes between moderate ME patients and controls.