Introduction
What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)?
Chronic fatigue syndrome, sometimes called CFS, is a condition that makes you feel so tired that you can’t do all of your normal, daily activities. There are other symptoms too, but being very tired for at least 6 months is the main one. Many people improve in a year or two and do not have a relapse. Some people continue to have severe fatigue and other symptoms for many years.
According to Dr. Teitelbaum, author of From Fatigued To Fantastic, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (abbreviated or CFS CFIDS) is a group of symptoms associated with severe, almost unrelenting fatigue. The predominant symptom is fatigue that causes a persistent and substantial reduction in activity level. Despite constant exhaustion, those with CFS are further frustrated by the fact that they cannot sleep.
The fatigue has one of two starting patterns. The first is gradual in onset, usually correlating with a period of severe physical or emotional stress. The second possibility is sudden onset, starting with a “drop dead flu” from which a person never fully recovers. In this case, a patient can almost always pinpoint the exact date that their illness began.
How common is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) affects more than one million people in the United States. There are tens of millions of people with similar fatiguing illnesses who do not fully meet the strict research definition of CFS.
This website hopes to answer many if not most of the questions questions you may have about CFS
- What is CFS?
- What medical illnesses look like CFS?
- What other medical conditions cause symptoms similar to those found in CFS?
- How common is CFS or Chronic Fatigue in general ( a hidden epidemic?)
- What are the risk factors for CFS?
- What are the characteristic CFS symptoms?
- What are the other commonly observed symptoms in CFS?
- What are the some of the popular books written about the treatment of CFS?
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