Chronic / post-viral fatigue syndrome is the diagnosis term Rikstrygdeverket opted for the ICD-10 called “benign myalgic encephalomyelitis / post-viral fatigue syndrome.” Benign myalgic encephalomyelitis has since 1956 designated the epidemic form of this disease picture.”Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” is the Norwegian translation of “chronic fatigue syndrome” which has different meanings according to how it is defined.
Methodological differences from evaluation and diagnosis of chronic / post-viral fatigue syndrome from a study of chronic fatigue syndrome, and states have different therapeutic implications. Rikstrygdeverket bases its diagnosis in the original research definition of “chronic fatigue syndrome” from the Centers for Disease Control in 1988, an illness which later was recognized as benign myalgic encephalomyelitis.
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Source: Kreyberg S. Chronic/post-viral fatigue syndrome. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2004 Sep 23;124(18):2382-3. [Article in Norwegian] http://tidsskriftet.no/article/1072526 (Full article)