1st official death from CFS

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Hi Blake,

Official cause of death generally means that which is listed on the death

certificate. Saying that someone has disease X and died does not prove this

as cause of death. Nor does hearing about cases or even listing them.

This was a real push but Dr. Leonard wrote a mortality paper which

should be published shortly:

, L.A., Corradi, K., Gress, S., , S., & -Harding, S. (in

press). Causes of death among patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Health

Care for Women International.

http://condor.depaul.edu/~ljason/cfs/

Like they say, publish or perish!

Jill

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7. Re: 1st official death from CFS

Posted by: " Blake Graham " blanket@... galapagust

<galapagust>

Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:50 pm (PST)

The was a young Australia girl who reportedly died of complications relating

to CFS/ME:

" Alison [Hunter] died in 1996, aged 19, from complications arising from

ME/CFS which included seizures, paralysis, gastrointestinal paresis and

overwhelming infection resembling Behcets Disease. Such complications are

rare and only present in a severe subgroup. Alison courageously fought

ME/CFS for ten years and was an unstinting advocate for young people. "

From: http://www.ahmf.org/about.html