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'''Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease''' (SEID) was the new name proposed at the same time as the diagnostic criteria developed by the [[National Academy of Medicine]] (NAM) (formerly the Institute of Medicine, IOM) published on February 10, 2015.  The report was titled ''Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness'', and is also referred to as the [[Institute of Medicine report]].  
'''Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease''' (SEID) was the new name proposed at the same time as the diagnostic criteria developed by the [[National Academy of Medicine]] (NAM) (formerly the Institute of Medicine, IOM) published on February 10, 2015.  The report was titled ''Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness'', and is also referred to as the [[Institute of Medicine report]].  


The IOM diagnostic criteria requires [[chronic fatigue]] (CF); [[post-exertional malaise]] (PEM); [[unrefreshing sleep]]; and [[Cognitive dysfunction|cognitive impairment]] and/or [[orthostatic intolerance]] (OI).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFS_DiagnosticAlgorithm|title=Diagnostic Algorithm for ME/CFS|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2015|website=nationalacademies.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> It is also useful for a more severe presentation of the disease; symptom severity and other symptoms are outlined in the Institute of Medicine report.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.nap.edu/read/19012/chapter/7|title=Read "Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness" at NAP.edu|last=|first=|publisher=National Academies of Medicine|year=2015|isbn=|editor-link=|location=|pages=141-162|language=en|chapter=5|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>  
The IOM diagnostic criteria requires [[chronic fatigue]] (CF); [[post-exertional malaise]] (PEM); [[unrefreshing sleep]]; and [[Cognitive dysfunction|cognitive impairment]] and/or [[orthostatic intolerance]] (OI).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url= https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_DiagnosticAlgorithm.jpg|title=Diagnostic Algorithm for ME/CFS|last=|first=|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2015|website=nap.edu|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> It is also useful for a more severe presentation of the disease; symptom severity and other symptoms are outlined in the Institute of Medicine report.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.nap.edu/read/19012/chapter/7|title=Read "Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness" at NAP.edu|last=|first=|publisher=National Academies of Medicine|year=2015|isbn=|editor-link=|location=|pages=141-162|language=en|chapter=5|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref>  


Adults can be diagnosed at six months of illness and [[Pediatric myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome|pediatric]] cases are diagnosed at three months.
Adults can be diagnosed at six months of illness and [[Pediatric myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome|pediatric]] cases are diagnosed at three months.
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==Development==
==Development==
In 2014, the [[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]] (HHS), the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH), the [[Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]] (AHRQ), the [[Centers for Disease Control & Prevention]] (CDC), the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA), and the [[Social Security Administration]] (SSA) asked the [[Institute of Medicine]] (IOM) to convene an expert committee to examine the evidence base for [[ME/CFS]]. In ''Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness'', the committee proposes new diagnostic criteria that will facilitate timely diagnosis and care and enhance understanding among health care providers and the public. These criteria, based on expert analysis and the most up-to-date scientific literature, are streamlined for practical use in the clinical setting. The IOM committee also recommends that the name of the disease be changed—from ME/CFS to systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)—to more accurately capture the central characteristics of the illness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|title=Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness|last=|first=|date=|website=nationalacademies.org|page=5|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
In 2014, the [[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]] (HHS), the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH), the [[Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]] (AHRQ), the [[Centers for Disease Control & Prevention]] (CDC), the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA), and the [[Social Security Administration]] (SSA) asked the [[Institute of Medicine]] (IOM) to convene an expert committee to examine the evidence base for [[ME/CFS]]. In ''Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness'', the committee proposes new diagnostic criteria that will facilitate timely diagnosis and care and enhance understanding among health care providers and the public. These criteria, based on expert analysis and the most up-to-date scientific literature, are streamlined for practical use in the clinical setting. The IOM committee also recommends that the name of the disease be changed—from ME/CFS to systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)—to more accurately capture the central characteristics of the illness.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|title=Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness|last=|first=|date=|website=nap.edu|page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615034241/https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|archive-date=2017-06-15|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


'''The proposed name and acronym SEID is meant to hone in on key aspects of''' ME/CFS'''.''' '''''S'''ystemic'' would give credence to the disease being body wide.  '''''E'''xertion '''I'''ntolerance'' would key doctors into understanding that the patient CAN NOT tolerate exertion of any kind; physical, cognitive or emotional.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.shoutoutaboutme.com/about-mecfs/seid-diagnostic-criteria-proposed/|title=NIH/IOM 2015 Definition (SEID)|last=Logan|first=Russell|date=Jan 3, 2015|work=Shoutout about ME|access-date=2018-09-03|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-us}}</ref> (Intolerance is well understood in the medical field in that there is a medical problem. Other diseases, such as gluten intolerance, is a serious medical condition; gluten CAN NOT be consumed.) '''''D'''isease'' gave the self-explanatory label of being an organic biological disease.
'''The proposed name and acronym SEID is meant to hone in on key aspects of''' ME/CFS'''.''' '''''S'''ystemic'' would give credence to the disease being body wide.  '''''E'''xertion '''I'''ntolerance'' would key doctors into understanding that the patient CAN NOT tolerate exertion of any kind; physical, cognitive or emotional.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.shoutoutaboutme.com/about-mecfs/seid-diagnostic-criteria-proposed/|title=NIH/IOM 2015 Definition (SEID)|last=Logan|first=Russell|date=Jan 3, 2015|work=Shoutout about ME|access-date=2018-09-03|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-us}}</ref> (Intolerance is well understood in the medical field in that there is a medical problem. Other diseases, such as gluten intolerance, is a serious medical condition; gluten CAN NOT be consumed.) '''''D'''isease'' gave the self-explanatory label of being an organic biological disease.
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2. [[Orthostatic intolerance]]
2. [[Orthostatic intolerance]]


: * Frequency and severity of symptoms should be assessed. The diagnosis of ME/CFS (SEID) should be questioned if patients do not have these symptoms at least half of the time with moderate, substantial, or severe intensity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|title=Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness|last=|first=|date=2015|website=nationacademies.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
: * Frequency and severity of symptoms should be assessed. The diagnosis of ME/CFS (SEID) should be questioned if patients do not have these symptoms at least half of the time with moderate, substantial, or severe intensity.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|title=Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness|last=|first=|date=2015|website=nap.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615034241/https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|archive-date=2017-06-15|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website===
===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website===
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== Clinicians guide ==
== Clinicians guide ==
The [http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf Report Guide for Clinicians] explains the core symptoms, additional symptoms, diagnostic criteria and more. (Feb 10, 2015)
The [https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf Report Guide for Clinicians] explains the core symptoms, additional symptoms, diagnostic criteria and more. (Feb 10, 2015)


===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website===
===Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website===
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===Read the report===
===Read the report===
*[http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFS_KeyFacts.pdf Key facts] (two pages)
*[https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_KeyFacts.pdf Key facts] (two pages)
*[http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFS_ReportBrief.pdf Report brief] (four pages)
*[https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_ReportBrief.pdf Report brief] (four pages)
*[http://https://www.nap.edu/catalog/19012/beyond-myalgic-encephalomyelitischronic-fatigue-syndrome-redefining-an-illness Download full report] (282 pages)
*[https://www.nap.edu/catalog/19012/beyond-myalgic-encephalomyelitischronic-fatigue-syndrome-redefining-an-illness Download full report] (282 pages)
*[http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFS_DiagnosticAlgorithm Diagnostic Algorithm Chart]
*[https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_DiagnosticAlgorithm.jpg Diagnostic Algorithm Chart]
*[http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFS_ProposedDiagnosticCriteria Proposed Diagnostic Criteria Chart]
*[https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_ProposedDiagnosticCriteria.jpg Proposed Diagnostic Criteria Chart]
*[http://www.nap.edu/read/19012/chapter/1 Read the full 282 page report online]
*[http://www.nap.edu/read/19012/chapter/1 Read the full 282 page report online]
**[http://www.nap.edu/read/19012/chapter/1 Front matter]
**[http://www.nap.edu/read/19012/chapter/1 Front matter]
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}}</ref>  A diagnosis of moderate and severe forms of [[ME/CFS]] are accurately made using this criterion. Adults can be diagnosed at 6 months while pediatric cases are diagnosed at three months.
}}</ref>  A diagnosis of moderate and severe forms of [[ME/CFS]] are accurately made using this criterion. Adults can be diagnosed at 6 months while pediatric cases are diagnosed at three months.
*[[International Consensus Criteria]] (ICC)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carruthers|first=Bruce M.|author-link=Bruce Carruthers|last2=van de Sande|first2=Marjorie I.|author-link2=Marjorie van de Sande|last3=De Meirleir|first3=Kenny L.|author-link3=Kenny De Meirleir|last4=Klimas|first4=Nancy G.|author-link4=Nancy Klimas|last5=Broderick|first5=Gordon|author-link5=Gordon Broderick|last6=Mitchell|first6=Terry|author-link6=Terry Mitchell|last7=Staines|first7=Donald|author-link7=Donald Staines|last8=Powles|first8=A. C. Peter|author-link8=A C Peter Powles|last9=Speight|first9=Nigel|author-link9=Nigel Speight|last10=Vallings|first10=Rosamund|author-link10=Rosamund Vallings|last11=Bateman|first11=Lucinda|author-link11=Lucinda Bateman|last12=Baumgarten-Austrheim|first12=Barbara|author-link12=Barbara Baumgarten-Austrheim|last13=Bell|first13=David|author-link13=David Bell|last14=Carlo-Stella|first14=Nicoletta|author-link14=Nicoletta Carlo-Stella|last15=Chia|first15=John|author-link15=John Chia|last16=Darragh|first16=Austin|author-link16=Austin Darragh|last17=Jo|first17=Daehyun|author-link17=Daehyun Jo|last18=Lewis|first18=Donald|author-link18=Donald Lewis|last19=Light|first19=Alan|author-link19=Alan Light|last20=Marshall-Gradisnik|first20=Sonya|author-link20=Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik|last21=Mena|first21=Ismael|author-link21=Ismael Mena|last22=Mikovits|first22=Judy|author-link22=Judy Mikovits|last23=Miwa|first23=Kunihisa|author-link23=Kunihisa Miwa|last24=Murovska|first24=Modra|author-link24=Modra Murovska|last25=Pall|first25=Martin|author-link25=Martin Pall|last26=Stevens|first26=Staci|author-link26=Staci Stevens|date=2011-08-22|title=Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|journal=Journal of Internal Medicine|language=en|volume=270|issue=4|pages=327–338|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|issn=0954-6820|pmc=3427890|pmid=21777306|via=}}</ref>  This criterion will accurately diagnose [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME). There is no requirement that the individual have symptoms for a specified period of time for diagnosis, as opposed to CCC, [[Fukuda criteria|Fukuda]], and [[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease|SEID]], which all require 6 months in adults.
*[[International Consensus Criteria]] (ICC)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carruthers|first=Bruce M.|author-link=Bruce Carruthers|last2=van de Sande|first2=Marjorie I.|author-link2=Marjorie van de Sande|last3=De Meirleir|first3=Kenny L.|author-link3=Kenny De Meirleir|last4=Klimas|first4=Nancy G.|author-link4=Nancy Klimas|last5=Broderick|first5=Gordon|author-link5=Gordon Broderick|last6=Mitchell|first6=Terry|author-link6=Terry Mitchell|last7=Staines|first7=Donald|author-link7=Donald Staines|last8=Powles|first8=A. C. Peter|author-link8=A C Peter Powles|last9=Speight|first9=Nigel|author-link9=Nigel Speight|last10=Vallings|first10=Rosamund|author-link10=Rosamund Vallings|last11=Bateman|first11=Lucinda|author-link11=Lucinda Bateman|last12=Baumgarten-Austrheim|first12=Barbara|author-link12=Barbara Baumgarten-Austrheim|last13=Bell|first13=David|author-link13=David Bell|last14=Carlo-Stella|first14=Nicoletta|author-link14=Nicoletta Carlo-Stella|last15=Chia|first15=John|author-link15=John Chia|last16=Darragh|first16=Austin|author-link16=Austin Darragh|last17=Jo|first17=Daehyun|author-link17=Daehyun Jo|last18=Lewis|first18=Donald|author-link18=Donald Lewis|last19=Light|first19=Alan|author-link19=Alan Light|last20=Marshall-Gradisnik|first20=Sonya|author-link20=Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik|last21=Mena|first21=Ismael|author-link21=Ismael Mena|last22=Mikovits|first22=Judy|author-link22=Judy Mikovits|last23=Miwa|first23=Kunihisa|author-link23=Kunihisa Miwa|last24=Murovska|first24=Modra|author-link24=Modra Murovska|last25=Pall|first25=Martin|author-link25=Martin Pall|last26=Stevens|first26=Staci|author-link26=Staci Stevens|date=2011-08-22|title=Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|journal=Journal of Internal Medicine|language=en|volume=270|issue=4|pages=327–338|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x|issn=0954-6820|pmc=3427890|pmid=21777306|via=}}</ref>  This criterion will accurately diagnose [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME). There is no requirement that the individual have symptoms for a specified period of time for diagnosis, as opposed to CCC, [[Fukuda criteria|Fukuda]], and [[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease|SEID]], which all require 6 months in adults.
*[[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease]] (SEID)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|title=Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness|last=Clayton|first=Ellen Wright|date=2015|website=nationacademies.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=|authorlink=Ellen Wright Clayton|last2=Alegria|first2=Margarita|authorlink2=Margarita Alegría|authorlink3=Lucinda Bateman|authorlink4=Lily Chu|authorlink5=Charles Cleeland|authorlink6=Ronald Davis|authorlink7=Betty Diamond|authorlink8=Theodore Ganiats|authorlink9=Betsy Keller|authors=|last3=Bateman|first3=Lucinda|last4=Chu|first4=Lily|last5=Cleeland|first5=Charles|last6=Davis|first6=Ronald|last7=Diamond|first7=Betty|last8=Ganiats|first8=Theodore|last9=Keller|first9=Betsy|last10=Klimas|first10=Nancy|authorlink10=Nancy Klimas|last11=Lerner|first11=A Martin|authorlink11=Martin Lerner|last12=Mulrow|first12=Cynthia|authorlink12=Cynthia Mulrow|last13=Natelson|first13=Benjamin|authorlink13=Benjamin Natelson|last14=Rowe|first14=Peter|authorlink14=Peter Rowe|last15=Shelanski |first15=Michael|authorlink15=Michael Shelanski}}</ref> ME/CFS ([[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease|SEID]]) is accurately diagnosed when the [[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease#Diagnostic criteria|core symptoms]] are met. The [[Institute of Medicine report]] as a whole is a comprehensive review of the medical literature available at time of publication (2015). Adults can be diagnosed at 6 months while pediatric cases are diagnosed at three months.
*[[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease]] (SEID)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf|title=Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness|last=Clayton|first=Ellen Wright|date=2015|website=nap.edu|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=|authorlink=Ellen Wright Clayton|last2=Alegria|first2=Margarita|authorlink2=Margarita Alegría|authorlink3=Lucinda Bateman|authorlink4=Lily Chu|authorlink5=Charles Cleeland|authorlink6=Ronald Davis|authorlink7=Betty Diamond|authorlink8=Theodore Ganiats|authorlink9=Betsy Keller|authors=|last3=Bateman|first3=Lucinda|last4=Chu|first4=Lily|last5=Cleeland|first5=Charles|last6=Davis|first6=Ronald|last7=Diamond|first7=Betty|last8=Ganiats|first8=Theodore|last9=Keller|first9=Betsy|last10=Klimas|first10=Nancy|authorlink10=Nancy Klimas|last11=Lerner|first11=A Martin|authorlink11=Martin Lerner|last12=Mulrow|first12=Cynthia|authorlink12=Cynthia Mulrow|last13=Natelson|first13=Benjamin|authorlink13=Benjamin Natelson|last14=Rowe|first14=Peter|authorlink14=Peter Rowe|last15=Shelanski |first15=Michael|authorlink15=Michael Shelanski}}</ref> ME/CFS ([[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease|SEID]]) is accurately diagnosed when the [[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease#Diagnostic criteria|core symptoms]] are met. The [[Institute of Medicine report]] as a whole is a comprehensive review of the medical literature available at time of publication (2015). Adults can be diagnosed at 6 months while pediatric cases are diagnosed at three months.


==Learn more==
==Learn more==

Revision as of 20:12, May 26, 2020

Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID) was the new name proposed at the same time as the diagnostic criteria developed by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (formerly the Institute of Medicine, IOM) published on February 10, 2015. The report was titled Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness, and is also referred to as the Institute of Medicine report.

The IOM diagnostic criteria requires chronic fatigue (CF); post-exertional malaise (PEM); unrefreshing sleep; and cognitive impairment and/or orthostatic intolerance (OI).[1] It is also useful for a more severe presentation of the disease; symptom severity and other symptoms are outlined in the Institute of Medicine report.[2]

Adults can be diagnosed at six months of illness and pediatric cases are diagnosed at three months.

Morgan Fairchild is an American actress of film and television. She was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in 1989. On March 25, 2015, she gave a speech during the IOM briefing of the rollout of SEID where she says compared to others suffering with ME/CFS she has a mild case

Authors[edit | edit source]

Rosa age 25 in 1986 and mildly ill with ME/CFS. Rosa believes she then met the SEID criteria developed in 2015 and this is when she first read about PEM. She became worse over the years and in 2003 was diagnosed and disabled with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) which was the name for ME/CFS at the time. Rosa now meets the CCC criteria with PEM "option". ME/CFS onset was age 17 and fibromyalgia since puberty

The committee on the Diagnostic Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) consisted of Ellen Wright Clayton, Margarita Alegría, Lucinda Bateman, Lily Chu, Charles Cleeland, Ronald Davis, Betty Diamond, Theodore Ganiats, Betsy Keller, Nancy Klimas, A Martin Lerner, Cynthia Mulrow, Benjamin Natelson, Peter Rowe, and Michael Shelanski.

Development[edit | edit source]

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene an expert committee to examine the evidence base for ME/CFS. In Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness, the committee proposes new diagnostic criteria that will facilitate timely diagnosis and care and enhance understanding among health care providers and the public. These criteria, based on expert analysis and the most up-to-date scientific literature, are streamlined for practical use in the clinical setting. The IOM committee also recommends that the name of the disease be changed—from ME/CFS to systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)—to more accurately capture the central characteristics of the illness.[3]

The proposed name and acronym SEID is meant to hone in on key aspects of ME/CFS. Systemic would give credence to the disease being body wide. Exertion Intolerance would key doctors into understanding that the patient CAN NOT tolerate exertion of any kind; physical, cognitive or emotional.[4] (Intolerance is well understood in the medical field in that there is a medical problem. Other diseases, such as gluten intolerance, is a serious medical condition; gluten CAN NOT be consumed.) Disease gave the self-explanatory label of being an organic biological disease.

Diagnostic criteria[edit | edit source]

Diagnostic Algorithm[1]

Diagnosis requires that the patient have the following three symptoms:

1. A substantial reduction or impairment in the ability to engage in pre-illness levels of occupational, educational, social, or personal activities, that persists for more than 6 months and is accompanied by fatigue, which is often profound, is of new or definite onset (not lifelong), is not the result of ongoing excessive exertion, and is not substantially alleviated by rest, and

2. Post-exertional malaise,* and

3. Unrefreshing sleep*

At least one of the two following manifestations is also required:

1. Cognitive impairment* or

2. Orthostatic intolerance

* Frequency and severity of symptoms should be assessed. The diagnosis of ME/CFS (SEID) should be questioned if patients do not have these symptoms at least half of the time with moderate, substantial, or severe intensity.[5]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website[edit | edit source]

Note: The name "Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease" (SEID) has not been adopted but the new diagnostic criteria have been incorporated into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ME/CFS website under the tab IOM 2015 Diagnostic Criteria.[6]

SEID vs Other criteria[edit | edit source]

The SEID criteria are the most symptom liberal of the valid disease definition criteria. The Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC) are for ME/CFS, and International Consensus Criteria (ICC) are for ME.[7]

The IOM report calls for the "retirement" of the Oxford criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).[8] The Fukuda criteria are also for CFS.

Comparison chart of the ICC and SEID: ICC compared to IOM (SEID).[9]

Criticism[edit | edit source]

The main criticisms are:

  • the missing of nervous system symptoms from diagnostic criteria, when ME/CFS is a neurological disease
  • the missing of immune system from diagnostic criteria
  • unclear and broad criterion of the main symptom of post-exertional malaise
  • absence of important symptoms like pain
  • missing exclusions, for example POTS
  • laboratory tests results are missing[10][11][12][13][14][15]

ME was the original name for CFS; the names are often used interchangeably or with the acronym ME/CFS.[16] The name SEID, although giving credence to the fact that patients are intolerant to exertion, does not capture the debilitating central nervous system (CNS) symptoms patients experience as the name ME does.

Twisk (2017) stated that ME and CFS are different illnesses, with ME being a neuromuscular disease and CFS being a partially overlapping fatigue-based illness, and that it was not possible to replace both ME and CFS with a single diagnostic entity. Twisk also stated that SEID included some patients that did not meet either ME or CFS diagnostic criteria.[12]

Clinicians guide[edit | edit source]

The Report Guide for Clinicians explains the core symptoms, additional symptoms, diagnostic criteria and more. (Feb 10, 2015)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website[edit | edit source]

Note: This clinicians guide has been incorporated into the CDC's ME/CFS website under the tab Information for Healthcare Providers under the "Resources" heading with a page disclaimer: "The findings and conclusions in these documents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."[17]

The Institute of Medicine report[edit | edit source]

Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness

Read the report[edit | edit source]


"Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Redefining an Illness" Official video presentation

Videos[edit | edit source]

CDC Posted Video - Dr. John Iskander of CDC interviews Dr. Anthony Komaroff (Feb 17, 2016)
Carol Head of Solve ME/CFS, Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton and Morgan Fairchild
Dr. Lucinda Bateman of Bateman Horne Center discusses. (Mar 8, 2015)

Notable studies[edit | edit source]

Letters and commentary[edit | edit source]

In popular culture[edit | edit source]

A February 2016 comic strip referred to SEID and implied it is simply tiredness. See: Blondie comic

See also[edit | edit source]

Generally accepted criteria for diagnosing ME/CFS and ME[edit | edit source]

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