Join The Awareness Campaign
Join the Public Awareness Campaign- Spread the word, please!
According to CDC, in USA alone, approximately 1 million people have CFS; around 8 million have Fibromyalgia and tens of millions more have fatiguing illnesses who may not necessarily meet the criteria for diagnosis of CFS but are as functionally impaired, nonetheless.”The annual economic impact of CFS in the United States is $9.1 billion in lost wages and earnings alone, not including health care costs or disability benefits.” Early diagnosis may prevent disability but sadly only less than 20% of cases are being diagnosed. Keep reading…
The following physicians have long advocated on behalf of those afflicted with chronic fatigue.
Read the Appeal By Dr. Richard Shames 
Best selling author who is a Harvard educated holistic practitioner
Click to look inside and go to page 5 of the excerpts to read his appeal to fellow doctors about correctly diagnosing and treating those who come to them for treatment complaining of feeling fat, fuzzy or frazzled.
Read the Appeal by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
Mission/Goals of CFS Public Awareness Campaign
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/mission.htm
It’s important for people to recognize the symptoms of CFS and, if you or a loved one manifest the symptoms… “Get informed. Get diagnosed. Get help “ Read more…The CDC (Center For Disease Control) Has Developed Special Resources for the Health Care Practitioners in connection with the CFS Public Awareness Campaign, many of whom tend to misdiagnose the patients as primarily having psychiatric issues.
Those resources can be accessed below (print then give them to your health care practitioners or ask them to visit the CDC website and read all about it themselves):
- CFS Toolkit: Fact Sheets for Health Care Professionals
- Provider Resource Guide Resource Guide
- Download this introductory 2-page resource guide
PDF (2 Pages / 136 KB)
- Download this introductory 2-page resource guide
- Self-study courses for continuing education credits:
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management
A two-hour course for primary care professionals, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistant.
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management
- Read why CDC got compelled to initiate and implement the CFS Awareness Campaign.
- CFS Tool Kit For Health Care Professionals many of whom tend misdiagnose the condition to be primarily psychiatric in origin.
- OvercomeFatigue.com is a proud supporter of the Awareness Campaign