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Overlapping Syndromes
Hallmarks of the overlapping syndromes include non-nociceptive pain, fatigue, memory difficulties, and dysfunction of visceral organs, Clauw, 2002. Dr. Bell has written a list of symptoms of ME/CFS, cfs.symptoms.bell04.txt. The following syndromes are regarded as overlapping CFS/ME: Fibromyalgia (FM), Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS), Gulf War Syndrome (GWS), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), temporomandibular disorder (TMD), Lupus (SLE) and Interstitial Cystitis (IC). The coexistence of FM and TMD with MMP is high, leblebici.etal06.txt. Suggestions for an extension of the Whiplash is definitely also an
overlapping syndrome, a 2002-paper which discuss Whiplash/FM from a
psychological point of view,
Ferrari, 2002. The
development of persistent pain and psychological morbidity after motor
vehicle collision: integrating the potential role of stress response systems
into a biopsychosocial model, mclean.etal05.txt.
Also overlapping are "Silicone Related
Symptoms",
Brown et al., 2002, and endometriosis, Sinaii et al., 2002. The features shared by CFS and Multiple
Sclerosis, MS are listed by Dr. Poser, CAA, Poser, 2000, and by Dr.
Macintyre, information, Macintyre, 2002. Lyme disease can be mistaken for
CFS, shor06.txt. More seldom is mentioned vulvodynia, arnold.etal06.txt. Studies on Overlap
Somatic comorbidities of irritable bowel syndrome: a
systematic analysis, riedl.etal08.txt. CFS, FM, and TMD
share key symptoms,
Aaron et al., 2000 (txt), Aaron et al., 2000 (pdf), and Ta et al., 2002. Dr. Jason's
group studied the degree of overlap between CFS, FM and MCS, Jason et al., 2000, and, Taylor et al., 2001. A thorough review from Dr. Klimas group on the
overlap between FM and other syndromes, Patarca-Montero, 2001, and Dr. Buchwald's group found more overlap
between CFS and FM than expected, Sullivan et al., 2002. Overlap between
FM and overactive bladder syndrome, soyupek.etal07.txt. Belgian
researchers suggest that CFS and FM
are aspects of the same disease, nijs.etal.04.txt, nijs.etal04.pdf. A review of muscular
pain in CFS, meeus.etal06.txt, meeus.etal.06.txt, meeus.etal06.pdf. Is CFS a
connective tissue disorder? vanderputte.etal05.txt. The Single Syndrome Hypothesis
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