The Formative Years The first definitive description of an illness resembling poliomyelitis was by Gilliam after the 1930s Los Angeles outbreak. Careful clinical observation in all the epidemics repeatedly found reproducible signs and a distinctive pattern of CNS and sensory nerve involvement, muscle weakness with…
The initial acute phase illness most often occurs in summer with a 3-5 day incubation period and during this period is said to be highly infectious. Generally from then, the initial presentation takes one of two forms: a severe, incapacitating prolonged illness, or an apparent…
The name Myalgic Encephalomyelitis refers to the inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. accompanied by muscle pain. In 1988 The US Centres for Disease Control (CDC), for reasons best known to them, dismissed fifty years of research and decided to treat the Lake Tahoe…
**Myalgic Encephalomyelitis** (abbreviated **ME**) is a chronic, inflammatory, primarily neurological disease that is multisystemic, affecting the central nervous system (CNS), immune system, cardiovascular system, endocrinological system, and muscloskeletal system. ME can cause a wide variety of symptoms, including changes in sensory tolerance, visual problems, exertional…
**For several years, the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis page on Disapedia.com was one of the most well-rounded, concise explanations of the disease to possibly exist on the internet.** It was second only to the very factually-deluded Chronic Fatigue Syndrome wikipedia page, in popularity on search engines. I…