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Description of key symptoms + coping strategies

Deutsche Gesellschaft für ME/CFS

Post-exertional malaise is the specific and characteristic key symptom of ME/CFS. Post-exertional malaise refers to the exertion-induced worsening of symptoms typical of ME/CFS (and the ME/CFS subtype of long COVID) and is a prerequisite for a diagnosis of ME/CFS in all established clinical criteria.

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ME/CFS Patient Guide to Avoiding Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) Open Medicine Foundation

Exercise intolerance is a criterion for the diagnosis of ME/CFS, with PEM defined as a worsening of symptoms after physical, mental or emotional exertion. In addition to medical treatment by a doctor, reducing PEM (i.e. avoiding so-called "crashes", the worsening of symptoms due to exertion) can improve the basic functionality of CFS patients.

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