Criteria for diagnosis ME / CFS
There are many criteria and these differ slightly from one another. Brurberg KD, 2014). Widely used are these:
Center for Disease Control (CDC) criteria at Fukuda K, 1994:
Main criteria - all must be fulfilled:
- Medical unexplained fatigue
- At least six months duration
- New onset
- Not related to current stress
- Do not recover from rest
- Reported loss of function
Additional criteria (Must have occurred at the same time as the feeling of exhaustion) - at least four must be fulfilled:
- Failing memory and / or concentration
- Sore throat
- Sore lymph nodes
- Muscle pain
- Pain in multiple joints
- New headache
- Lack of feeling rested after sleep
- Exacerbated disease sensation in the least 24 hours after effort
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