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Interview with Dr L

Thu, 22/06/2006 - 1:48pm — Abbey

Quote: The first ever death from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has been recorded in Britain. Will this finding change the way CFS is tackled?

A 32-year-old woman has died after suffering Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for six years. Ina world first, the coroner found that while the woman died of acute aneuric renal failure (failure to produce urine) due to dehydration, the primary cause of death was Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

So what does this mean for the future of this syndrome? In the past many were dubious as to whether the syndrome even existed, and no-one thought it could ever be so extreme as to cause death.

And, with thousands of sufferers in Australia, how do we prevent a chronic fatigue related death in our own country?

http://www.abc.net.au/victoria/stories/s1666562.htm

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Thu, 29/06/2006 - 1:40pm — Ren

Interview with Dr L

This may be the first time CFS has been recorded as the primary cause of death but it isn't the first time someone has died from CFS. I don't have any answers about how to prevent CFS related death. We need more research but unfortunately that costs money, something a lot of people & government agencies aren't prepared to give.

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