CFS CFS History and Nomenclature

Question 1

What was the original nickname given to CFS following an outbreak in Incline Village, Nevada in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

Yuppie flu

Answer

Nevada fever

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Chronic Epstein-Barr disease

Answer

Post-viral syndrome

Question 2

What was the first official name given to what we now call CFS by the CDC in 1988?

Accepted Answer

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

Answer

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Answer

Chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome

Answer

Post-viral fatigue syndrome

Question 3

What does 'ME' stand for in the combined term ME/CFS?

Accepted Answer

Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Answer

Multisystem exhaustion

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Metabolic encephalopathy

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Multiple enzyme deficiency

Question 4

When was the first documented ME outbreak officially recognized?

Accepted Answer

1934, Los Angeles County Hospital

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1955, Royal Free Hospital London

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1984, Incline Village Nevada

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1969, World Health Organization listing

Question 5

What name has been proposed by the Institute of Medicine (now NAM) in their landmark 2015 report?

Accepted Answer

Systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID)

Answer

Post-viral fatigue syndrome

Answer

Neuroimmune exhaustion syndrome

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Chronic multisystem illness

Question 6

In what year did the World Health Organization first classify ME in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)?

Accepted Answer

1969

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1988

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1992

Answer

2001