KUOLEMANTAPAUS KROONISESTA FATIIKISTA

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Lähettäjä: Soijuv Lähetetty: 18.6.2006 18:22

32-vuotias britti Sophia Mirza kuoli munuaisten toiminnan pysähtymiseen. Diagnoosina oli krooninen fatiikki jota Sophia oli sairastanut kuuden vuoden ajan. Tauti aiheutti hänelle mm. selkäydintulehduksen, ääretöntä uupumusta ja jatkuvaa päänsärkyä. Lääkärit olivat vuosien ajan sanoneet naisen kärsivän pikemminkin psyykkisistä vaivoista ja hänet ohjattiin v. 2003 psykiatriseen hoitoon kahdeksi viikoksi.


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9 ... -chronic-f
atigue-syndrome-.html

First official death from chronic fatigue syndrome

16:18 15 June 2006
NewScientist.com news service
Rowan Hooper


Chronic fatigue syndrome has been given as an official cause of death apparently for the first time in the world. On Tuesday, coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley of Brighton and Hove Coroners Court, UK, recorded the cause of death of a 32-year-old woman as acute aneuric renal failure (failure to produce urine)due to dehydration as a result of CFS.

The deceased woman, Sophia Mirza, had suffered from CFS for six years.CFS, which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), has a variety of devastating symptoms ranging from extreme weakness, inability to concentrate and persistent headache. Sufferers can have the disease for years, but its cause remains controversial, with fiercely opposing views from psychiatrists on one side and biologically minded physicians on the other.

The coronerâs verdict is a breakthrough for those who argue that CFS is a physical condition, possibly with its roots in the immune system. Dominic O Donovan, a neuropathologist at Oldchurch Hospital in Romford, UK, who gave evidence at the inquest, said that Sophia´ s spinal cord showed inflammation caused by dorsal root ganglionitis - a clear physical manifestation of the disease. Overactive immune responseCFS specialist Jonathan Kerr of St George's, University of London, says he is not surprised that inflammation in the spinal cord has been found in someone with the disease, as it is known to be associated with it. He says that the immune system tends to be over-activated in people with CFS and this may underlie the inflammation of the neurological tissue.

People have been reluctant to subscribe to the biological side because of the power of the psychiatric lobby,