ME/CVS is géén vermoeidheidssyndroom, maar een neuro-immunologische ziekte.
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Infectious:
- Swollen and tender lymph nodes
- Sore throat
- Night sweats
- Recurrent flu-like symptoms
- Abdominal pain and nausea
- Weakness and extreme malaise
- Painful muscles, joints, and nerves
- Chronic and/or recurring infections
- New onset or increased severity of allergies
- Post exertional malaise or
exercise intolerance (ME and CFS)
- Loss of previous levels of
physical and mental functioning
- Worsening of symptoms with stress
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Neurological:
- Cognitive impairment
- Disordered sleep
- Perceptual and sensory disturbances
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
- Ataxia
- Severe headaches
- Mental fatigue
- Seizures
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Immunological:
- Abnormal NK cell number and/or function
- Inflammatory cytokine profile indicating abnormal levels of inflammation
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