PERMANENTLY EXCLUDE:

• If donor has CFS/ME

SEE IF RELEVANT

• MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS / ME

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

CFS is generally diagnosed by excluding other conditions and may follow an infection that may or may not have been viral and which may be carried by the affected individual

It is most common between the ages of 25 and 45 years and women are affected more often than men. It is associated with easily induced and prolonged episodes of fatigue often accompanied by other symptoms. The condition is relapsing in nature and donation may make symptoms worsen or provoke a relapse in affected individuals

Directive 2004/33/EC has legislative requirement that ‘prospective donors with serious active, chronic, or relapsing disease’ are permanently excluded