Children with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalopathy (ME) have memory and attention problems that might help explain their educational difficulties, UK researchers report in the October issue of Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Children with ME have too often been mistakenly labelled as school refusers. Diagnosis is a matter for the medical profession, but this can be a complex matter and can take some time. In the meantime, it is important to play safe. Believe the child. It may be that the knowledgeable teacher is the first person to put together all the bizarre symptoms and recognise a case of ME.
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