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M.E. - Anne MacIntyre

Description: ISBN 0722535392 / Genre: Health / Medical

Newest Review: ... my worst time with ME I had a stiff neck and a feeling that my head was swollen inside my skull . Only fellow sufferers ... more

... will understand this . Also a pain in my calf muscle that brought me to a standstill when walking. I found taking high doses of magnesium helped this (see page 117) but don't take magnesium , without calcium , for long , because one can deplete the other in the body . Then I used to get pains in my left arm , the 'scraped with a knife' feeling . The book lists 'not being able to concentrate' and 'unpredictable variation of symptoms', even hour by hour . She shows ME usually follows some vi...more

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M.E. - Anne MacIntyre: A Doctors experience of M .E . with many suggestion to help ... (439 words)
by maidmarion - written on 03/10/00 (Very useful, 63 readings)
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Dr Anne Macintyre first discusses the different types of ME in the first chapter of this book . It has been called yuppy-flu because it has been known to strike high achievers , people at the height of their profession . The illness has many titles which vary from country to country .. see 1st page of chapter 1 . The main symptoms she shows are profound exhaustion , mental and physical , made worse by exercise . The full name she shows is Myalgic encephalomyelitis , broken down : myalgia = muscle pain encephalitis = affecting the brain myelitis = affecting the nerves In my worst time with ME ...

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