A GROUP supporting sufferers of ME has launched a new website in response to what it says are the growing number of people in the Lothians suffering the illness.
Known as Edmesh, the organisation was recently awarded £6000 of Lottery funding to help provide advice and up-to-date information on the debilitating condition.
Once dismissed by sceptics, ME causes exhaustion and is thought to affect around 2000 people in Edinburgh.
Emma Gillon, a member of Edmesh, said: “It’s time to take ME seriously. This condition has been ignored by health professionals for too long. We have no ongoing support at all.
“We are told to pace ourselves and sent home. It’s unbelievable to be so neglected in the 21st century.”
The website,
www.edmesh.org.uk, goes live today to mark ME awareness day and will feature forums allowing members to contact each other.
The group says 75 per cent of people with ME are too ill to attend their GP’s surgery and experience severe pain.
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