Doctors are at odds over how to treat myalgic encephalomyelitisBitter divisions in the medical profession over the debilitating condition myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) have been laid bare by a spate of departures from the body reviewing its future treatment. Four members of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) committee producing the treatment guidelines left just two weeks before publication of the document. Nice is expected to conclude that the NHS should no longer recommend a controversial exercise therapy for ME after patients said that exertion made their illness worse. SponsoredThe conclusions have potential implications for the treatment of long Covid, which has similar symptoms to those associated with ME. Sufferers complain that they too are being told to follow exercise programmes that cause relapses.

Source: The Times August 04, 2021 16:24 UTC