What is CFS/ME?
CFS/ME is no trivial illness. CFS sufferers experience severe malaise with flu-like symptoms, overwhelming exhaustion of both muscle and mind, loss of short-term memory, loss of concentration, gastro-intestinal problems, joint pain, muscle pain, migraine and insomnia. A special feature of the disease is that the condition waxes and wanes; this can occur within an hour, a day or over the years. The social consequences are frequently severe, marriages breakdown, careers are ruined, children are unable to attend school and students have to abandon university courses. At the moment there is no cure for this devastating disease.