ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia: Updates and Management Tips for Clinicians

This conference will cover:

• The major presenting features of ME/CFS and fibromyalgia, how they overlap, and how to diagnose and differentiate between these syndromes

• How exercise affects those with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia, including physical capacity, cognitive impairment and pain amplification, based on recent studies

• Strategies to help patients identify their activity tolerance and relapse threshold to better prevent and manage physical and mental symptoms

• How pain is experienced by patients across the illness spectrum and what interventions help

• How sleep disturbances affect those with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia and what interventions help

• How orthostatic intolerance syndromes, including POTS, affect patients and strategies to improve symptoms

• How to effectively perform a bedside test to determine orthostatic intolerance without using an expensive tilt table procedure

DISCLOSURES:

Lucinda Bateman, MD, has disclosed that she is a principal investigator for Northera. All others with control over content have nothing to disclose.