Overview

• This week, Surrey Live, the Daily Mirror and other outlets picked up Dr Ahmed’s TikTok where he warned against premature fibromyalgia and ME/CFS diagnoses.
• He advised GPs to rule out obstructive sleep apnea, which often goes undetected without a partner to spot nighttime breathing pauses.
• The video also highlights chronic Lyme disease’s dependence on patient history for diagnosis since blood tests can miss the infection.
• Mast cell activation syndrome can be confirmed through a safe trial of antihistamine or mast cell stabilizer treatments that may relieve extreme fatigue.
• While no formal guidelines have been issued, both patients and doctors are being encouraged to adopt this trio of checks to uncover treatable causes of persistent exhaustion.