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There’s long been a problem in the UK with treatment of diseases like ME/CFS, where doctors have seemed to be attempting to tell sufferers that it’s “all in their mind”. This article is good on causes, such as this:
An outdated classification distinguishes diseases as “organic” or “functional”. Organic conditions, such as heart attacks, rheumatoid arthritis and bowel cancer are those that cause changes detectable by investigations such as blood tests or scans. Functional conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome, do not necessarily cause changes detectable by tests, or the right test may not yet be available. Stigma and misconceptions arising from this classification may lead to functional conditions being overlooked, which is surely familiar to many with long Covid.
(tags: long-covid disease medicine uk health me-cfs gaslighting)
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pretty simple tools on Ubuntu, from the looks of it