New gain in Chronic Fatigue awareness

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a condition that has confused patients and physicians and now new studies have formulated the idea that the syndrome is caused by a combination of factors, including immune, nervous and hormonal imbalances. These hypotheses have stemmed from earlier beliefs that CFS was a mental illness, which have been disputed by technology involving brain scans. There is no effective treatment for chronic fatigue, where sufferers experience unabating fatigue that can be associated with sore throat, headaches, sore lymph glands, myalgia, arthritis, insomnia, and poor memory and concentration. The condition can be initiated by a viral infection, head injury, or stress, or can have no associated trigger. CFS mainly affects women and is often misdiagnosed as depression, Post-traumatic stress disorder, and fibromyalgia. Gene testing is currently underway to further medical knowledge about the cause, detection and treatment of CFS as current therapies offer little relief to symptoms.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by det news.com

Related Disease Topics:

• Chronic Fatigue syndrome
• CFS
• Mental illness
• Viral infection
• Head injury
• Stress
• Depression
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Fibromyalgia

Related Symptom Topics:

• Chronic fatigue
• Fatigue
• Sore throat
• Headaches
• Sore lymph glands
• Myalgia
• Arthritis
• Insomnia
• Poor memory
• Poor concentration

Article Source Details

About: New gain in Chronic Fatigue awareness

Date: 4 October 2005

Source: det news.com

Author: Judy Foreman

URL: http://www.detnews.com/2005/fitness/0510/04/H08-336169.htm

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of chronic fatigue
• Cause of fatigue
• Cause of sore throat
• Cause of headaches
• Cause of sore lymph glands
• Cause of myalgia
• Cause of arthritis
• Cause of insomnia
• Cause of poor sleep
• Cause of poor memory
• Cause of poor concentration
• Cause of Chronic Fatigue syndrome
• Cause of CFS
• Cause of mental illness
• Risk and viral infection
• Risk and head injury
• Risk and stress
• Risk and chronic fatigue syndrome
• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Misdiagnosis and depression
• Misdiagnosis and Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Misdiagnosis and fibromyalgia
• Misdiagnosis and mental illness
• Misdiagnosis and chronic fatigue syndrome
• Medication
• Medication and chronic fatigue syndrome
• Medication and fatigue
• Diagnosis
• Diagnosis and brain scan
• Diagnosis and chronic fatigue syndrome
• Diagnosis and chronic fatigue
• Diagnosis and fatigue
• Diagnosis and sore throat
• Diagnosis and headaches
• Diagnosis and sore lymph glands
• Diagnosis and myalgia
• Arthritis
• Diagnosis and insomnia
• Diagnosis and poor memory
• Diagnosis and poor concentration
• Research
• Research and chronic fatigue syndrome
• Research and chronic fatigue

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