Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME |
What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME?
Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a serious and complex illness characterised
by incapacitating fatigue (experienced as profound exhaustion and
extremely poor stamina), neurological problems and certain other
symptoms. By definition the condition does not improve with rest
and persists for a minimum of 6 months. In many cases it lasts
for years and severely impairs a person's ability to function.
CFS is also known as Tapanui Flu, Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction
Syndrome (CFIDS) and Myalgic Encephalopathy(ME).
More information about CFS / ME can be found on the ANZMES website here
You can download a
PDF pamphlet of these DVDs here
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What are the main symptoms of CFS?
The hallmark of the disorder is the onset of fatigue that significantly
reduces daily activity in a previously healthy person.
Other
characteristic symptoms include: - impaired memory or concentration;
sore throat, tender lymph nodes, muscle pain, multi joint pain without
joint swelling or redness; headaches of a new type, pattern or
severity; unrefreshing sleep and post-extertional malaise lasting more
than 24 hours.
The degree to which CFS patients are disabled
varies widely. Some patients continue to function at home and at
work, although at a reduced level of activity, while others are
severely disabled and can not perform many routine activities of daily
living. CFS patients are among the invisibly disabled. |
Lectures
by guest specialists at ANZMES meetings
sponsored
by ANZMES and MS Waikato Trust
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CFS-RV/WT1 2017
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Dr Rosamund Vallings
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Invest in ME – London 2017 Report
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Professor Warren Tate |
A Watershed Year for ME/CFS
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CFS-CL1 2017
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Charles W Lapp, MD
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Feeling Better:
Treatment Strategies for CFS/ME and FM
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CFS-LH1 2016
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Dr Lynette Hodges
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"Exercise Testing of People with ME/CFS”
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CFS-RV10 2016
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Dr Rosamund Vallings |
"Report from the IACFS/ME Conference, Fort Lauderdale, 2016
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CFS-KR1 2014
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Dr
Kathy Rowe |
“Understanding CFS/ME in Young People” |
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CFS-NK1 2010
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Prof Nancy Klimas |
Understanding and Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME
(Hamilton meeting, to people
with CFS / ME)
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CFS-NK2 2010
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Prof Nancy Klimas, Dr Mary Anne
Fletcher |
Understanding and Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME
(Auckland meeting, to Medical
Professionals)
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CFS-RV1
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CFS-RV11
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Dr Rosamund Vallings in Hamilton
Click here for a list of
lectures
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Once a year Dr Ros Vallings has been giving lectures to the
Hamilton CFS / ME Support Group Meetings sponsored by MS Waikato Trust.
These have been recorded since 2009.
Most of these are reports from the many International Conferences that
she has attended. She has a wonderful gift of capturing the essence of
the lectures she heard there, and interpreting them into layman's
language.
Though the Conferences she reports on were years past, the topics and
advice in her reports are still very timely and helpful to people with
CFS / ME.
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