8. Barriers to the effective clinical management of
#pwME are partly due to doctors’ beliefs that may not take into account the best available scientific evidence

9. Some doctors were skeptical that #MECFS might be a "fashionable epidemic"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7629762 ">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/76...
10. Some doctors felt that diagnosis of #MECFS would become a self-fulfilling prophecy and that entirely & #39;normal& #39; symptoms of fatigue and weakness might become unnecessarily pathologized

#chronicpain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7629762 ">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/76...
11. And some interpretations of #MECFS are completely baffling

"The narrative of the struggling self seeking renewal that defined the illness experience.. articulated the negative effects to self and personhood associated with #MECFS.." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953607005023">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...
12. And some feel #MECFS is just good old fashion hysteria

#MECFS is a "transition in one& #39;s life and the instilling of hope are ways to reframe the experience. Women may find meaning by exploring their spirituality and developing.. coping strategies" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399330050082263?journalCode=uhcw20#.XpLOy-F22vk.twitter">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
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