Over 150k more people in England have ME than previously thought, study finds | ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome
More than 150,000 people in England They live with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), which was previously estimated, according to a study that highlights the diagnostic symbol infection.
Research, published in the magazine that the pendants reviewed BMC General HealthEdinburgh researchers participated in the NHS data analysis of more than 62 million people in England to identify people who were diagnosed with muscle encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome or after Ferral.
Data has been examined through sex, age and race, and collected by various areas of England.
I, also known as chronic fatigue, is a long -term condition with its main symptoms is severe fatigue, brain fog, and sleeping issues. The main advantage of the case is known as the subsequent distress of excitement, which is a great exacerbation of these symptoms after simple physical effort. There is currently no diagnostic or treatment test and unknown causes.
The results showed that the prevalence of a lifetime for chronic fatigue for women and men in England may reach 0.92 % of the population for women, and 0.25 % for men. This is equivalent to about 404,000 people in general.
The previous estimate of 250,000 people suffering from chronic fatigue in England was based on data from the UK’s bio -bank residents, which researchers said that researchers are inappropriately on more people in better health.
The study, funded by the National Institute of health Care research, also revealed bright ethnic inequality related to chronic fatigue diagnosis rates. The white people with me in England were almost five times more likely than this state of other ethnic groups.
People were likely to be diagnosed with black and Asian backgrounds with this condition, as rates between 65 % and 90 % were less than their white counterparts.
There were also regional variations throughout England, where Cornwall and Ceile Islands enjoyed the highest rates, while the northwest and northeast London had the lowest rate.
These regional variations also indicated that there is a “postal code lotion” regarding the possibility of receiving chronic fatigue diagnosis. The study found that among the 6,113 large practices of English practitioners, two -thirds had at least eight patients registered for me or CFS. However, there were 176 practices – most of them in disadvantaged areas – were not recorded for me.
“NHS data shows that obtaining a ME/CFS diagnosis in England is a lottery, depending on where you are in everything. Me/CFS says: They feel that they are invisible and ignored,” said Professor Chris Poning, who tops the study in the Human Genetics Unit at MRC at the Institute of Genetics at Edinburgh and Sarden.
“People are struggling to obtain a Me/CFS diagnosis. Diagnosis is important, because it affects their symptoms and enables them to receive recognition and support. Our results must now improve training in medical professionals and further research in accurate diagnostic tests,” said Gemma Samms, a UK PhD student at Me Research.
“During the past year, the ME Association was discussing with charitable colleagues and other organizations how the current estimate of about 250,000 people with Me/CFS is almost certain that growth in view of growth in the population since this number was used for the first time, and the large number of people who are now after Me/CFS is now used.
“This new research now offers some important new evidence that the real number is about 400,000. Thus, we will now discuss with our charitable colleagues to see if an agreement can be reached on a new spread number based on these research results.”
