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ME/CFS HealthWatch August 17th, 2011

This Week's Featured Article"'s Revolver": When ME/CFS Involves Pain "Pain is a common problem in CFS, but it is also symbolic of the enormous challenge this illness presents to doctors and to patients. Patients can't prove it, and doctors usually fail to treat it," Dr. Bell wrote in this chapter of his classic case series, Faces of CFS. 's doctors had begun to suspect she was a junkie who wanted pain medication to get high; and finally no one she consulted believed she was in pain at all. But Dr. Bell's detective work to help provided the first clue that low blood volume might be a factor in ME/CFS pain, and other symptoms too. read more » To see more news and headlines, visit the August 17th ME/CFS HealthWatch »