in reference to CFIDS (338,000 Google hits)
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=81
Would ask if you could please add the other name rapidly gaining recognition and general acceptance
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (already 234,000 Google hits)
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=3856
If you read here -
http://uk.geocities.com/me_not_cfs/, you will see how the CDC created CFS to simply group a bunch of symptoms that came to be an umbrella term for a great number of syndromes and illnesses. ONLY Myalgic Encephalomyelitis refers to the neurological illness that concerns the focus of this website.
Thank you for making this sub-forum more recognizable and identifiable, as well as promoting the use of the current correct medical terminology.
Perhaps CFS/CFIDS needs to be subordinate to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, rather than the other way around?
Thanks...
Teri
NOVEMBER 28
IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THIS REQUEST
I have looked over CFIDS subforum listing again (the CFIDS title is written out completely) and that DOES take up a significant bit of room. Might I suggest, for expediency COMBINED with the bit of Google data noted above where people use the acronym CFIDS, that BOTH terms - the acornym PLUS Myalgic Enceyphalomyelitis be used thusly ----
CFIDS/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
.... which WILL TAKE UP LESS ROOM than the current designation.
But more importantly and to the point, I went to Google Scholar and Myalgic Encephalogmyelitis is MUCH MORE OFTEN USED by medical professionals everywhere. How much more often???
A Google Scholar search shows
978 citations for CFIDS and only 29 for CFS,
1280 citations for Myalgic Encephalomyelistis.
The need for inclusion of the medical term clear.
Thanks tons, John !!!
- Teri