Note: in this editorial published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine ,Volume 83, August 1990, Dr. Wilson discusses the role allergy plays in the development of post-viral fatigue syndromes.
In his discussion paper on myalgic encephalomyelitis (April 1989 JRSM, p 215), Wessley drew attention to the destruction of body and mind, and subsequent suicidal despair, and torment, of patients suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or the postviral fatigue syndrome (PVFS). He referred to the reported relationship between identification of the VPI antigen and the presence of disease symptoms. He stated that more attention requires to be paid to methodological detail which he defined as population sample definition, and adoption of operational criteria. He suggested that a new term should be used to describe the observed symptoms: chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and enquired what constitutes the syndrome? Unfortunately he did not refer to the necessity for taking a complete clinical and family history in all patients. In his definition of CFS, he did not refer to any of the somatic symptoms which are always present. Yet, he stated that cases of this disease can only be selected by the (presumably holistic) clinical history. It appears that a new kind of approach based on absence of prejudice, more exhaustive and thorough clinical history taking, a wider approach to clinical examination of the patients, and a critical assessment of the origin of this psychosomatic disease would be of value in our investigations.
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Source: Wilson CW. Myalgic encephalomyelitis: an alternative theory. J R Soc Med. 1990 Aug;83(8):481-483. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1292769/