Results: Symptoms / Signs

TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS	317 (223 Female, 94 Male)
Age range	30-82
Mean age group	50-60
Pain	100% (see accompanying notes)
Stiffness	79%
Muscle cramps / twitches / spasms	81%
Weakness	82%
Balance difficulties	70%
Numbness / tingling	86%
Bladder / bowel / sexual dysfunction	68%
Difficulty in thinking clearly / decision making / memory	63%
Depression / anxiety	62%
Sleep disturbance	84%
Increased sweating	63%
Heat intolerance	58%
Intermittent low grade fevers	28%
Flu-like feeling and malaise	42%
Raised ESR / white cell count	14%
Enlarged lymph nodes	10%
Joint pains	72%
Skin rashes	32%
Frequent infections	20%
Sinusitis	32%
Slow healing / tendency to scar easily	29%
Limb / generalised swelling	38%
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy	3
Trouble swallowing	27%
Angina type chest pain (but no heart disease found)	31%
Weight gain	50%
Reduced mobility (i.e. house / chair / bed bound?)	68%
Allergies (new, e.g. multiple drug allergies)	25%
Dizziness / vertigo	44%
Dry eyes / mouth	58%
Bruising	39%
Fatigue	76%
Dental problems (tooth / gum)	28%
Low potassium	10%
Abnormal blood tests	13%
Abnormal kidney function	7%
Abnormal liver enzymes	7%
Chemical Hepatitis	1
Osteoporosis	14%
Shortness of breath	32%
Lung problems	10%
Gastrointestinal problems:
General	41%
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	8%
Visual problems	45%
(Women) Menstrual irregularities (if pre-menopausal) / early menopause / painful periods	14%

Diagnosis of Autoimmune disorder:

Ankylosing Spondylitis	4
Autoimune hearing loss	1
Autoimmune pancreatitis	2
Coeliac disease	1
Crohn’s disease	2
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus	12
Endometriosis	4
Haemolytic Anaemia	1
Lupus 5 (incl. 1 discoid)	+ 4?
Multiple Sclerosis	11 + 3?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica	4
Psoriasis	1
Psoriatic arthritis	1
Raynaud’s disease	26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	23
Sarcoidosis	1
Sjogren’s disease	3 + 2?
Thyroiditis / Hypothyroidism	20
Ulcerative Colitis	1
Uveitis / Iritis	1
Vitiligo	1
Pernicious Anaemia	1
Miscellaneous Autoimmune	9
Fibromyalgia	19
? FMS	2
Total (incl.FMS)	154 (48%)
Number of cases (i.e. with one or more diagnosed autoimmune conditions)	87 + 11 FMS 98 (30% prevalence)

Diagnosis of:

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity	2
Myalgic Encephalopathy	1 + 1?
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	3
Myofascial Syndrome	1
Myalgia	1

Other neurological diagnoses:

Epilepsy	3
Parkinson’s	1
Peripheral neuropathy	1
Postpolio syndrome	1

Miscellaneous conditions:

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	1
Paget’s disease	1
Erythema nodosum	1
Renal calculi	7
General renal problems (e.g hydronephrosis, haematuria)	13
Hiatus hernia / reflux oesophagitis	8
Chronic leukaemia	1
Thyroid cysts	2 (see below)
Tumours:
Breast	5
Prostate	2
bladder	1
cervical	1
thyroid	2
ovarian	1
pituitary	1
colorectal	1
renal	1 (with lung metastases)
"bowel"	1
malignant melanoma	1
Melanoma	1
Lymphoma	1

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