Wednesday, September 24, 2008

ME-CFS - The Silent Killer

2.5 Million sufferers of ME/CFS in the UK & USA are fighting for recognition and assistance from institutions which insist upon a policy that quite frankly is out-dated. In 1969 the CDC called the disease a neurology disorder, since that time little has changed. This policy which is led by both Governments refuses to fund extra research into a disease that is increasing with a number of fatalities now recorded because very little is being done to help patients. My wife for instance contracted CFS in 2004 after conceiving our daughter and has since learnt that she contracted a virus whilst pregnant and because her bodies defences were busy defending the unborn child this led to the establishment of CFS/ME.