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I fear that it's becoming a catchall-diagnosis for illnesses the doctors don't understand and can't cure. The current catchall is "it's psychosomatic" or "get o
by static_noise 9y ago
I fear that it's becoming a catchall-diagnosis for illnesses the doctors don't understand and can't cure. The current catchall is "it's psychosomatic" or "get over it already you lazy *". Most doctors can only handle diseases that can be cured by pills or cutting up the patient. With CFS we have something that seems to cleverly evade all attempts to cure it or even define what it actually is and how to properly diagnose it. I surely do hope that this changes soon!
- harryjo 9y agoThe lack of an objective test is more problematic tan the lack of a cure.
- lez 9y agoThere are tests available, see: http://drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Mitochondrial_Function_Profile http://drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Mitochondrial_Function_Profile (and more on that page)
- manmal 9y agoDr Myhill is quite controversial, and many who followed her advice were not helped by it. Always take advice with a grain of salt if the advice giver peddles her own line of supplements.
- manmal 9y agoThere was very recently an article about a maybe-upcoming test: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14896255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14896255