Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

This book describes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

The last time I wrote about fatigue in my blog in 2011, I had a lot of comments about chronic fatigue syndrome by the readers of the blog.

They insisted that I should write about the chronic fatigue syndrome that they were suffering from:

Pam Bryan said:
Hello Kenneth,
It's great to see another life-learner. It's a great way to go through life.
While it is good to see you are learning about fatigue I'm afraid your teachers are confusing 'chronic fatigue' with 'chronic fatigue syndrome' and they are very different things. The confusion arises mostly through definitions created by the CDC many years ago.
Unfortunately 'chronic fatigue syndrome' now referred to as ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis) is MUCH more complex than simple fatigue the 'cause' is simply not understood yet, but it is not anything of the things you have listed, which are more correctly, possible causes for chronic fatigue.
Unfortunately the prognosis for true ME/CFS is NOT good. People are truly very ill with what is more correctly understood as a NeuroEndocrineImmune (NEI) condition. Many treatments and approaches can alleviate symptoms and make life more bearable, so far they do not seem to get to the root cause or provide a cure.
You can learn more here http://phoenixrising.me/ where there are currently some great summaries from the recent State of Knowledge meeting sponsored by the NIH in the US. You can view the videos from the SoK here Day 1: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?16575
Day 2: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?16571
Agenda: https://www.infinityconferences.com/...557/Agenda.htm and I'm sure you will find them very interesting.
If you have any interest in healthcare politics, you'll find http://www.oslersweb.com/ interesting indeed.
April 22, 2011 at 12:25 AM

Kennethk said:
You are right. I was thinking more about chronic fatigue.
Thanks for letting me know.
Kenneth
April 22, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Mikerosss said:
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!
April 26, 2011 at 4:48 AM
Kennethk said:
Hi
Thank you for your comments. I am really glad that there are people reading my blog.
All these additional information on the chronic fatigue syndrome will let other readers have a better picture of the CFS.
Thank you again
Kenneth
May 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM

SlowDescent said:
Dear Family Doctor: You wrote about CFS when I was enduring a particularly bad stretch of that illness, and though I wanted to comment, I wasn't coherent enough to do so. I am glad that you received such articulate comments from others, and I admire your enlightened response to them.
I am sure you can imagine how distressing it is for CFS patients to interact with doctors who confuse their illness with "chronic fatigue," or who believe the condition springs from "inappropriate illness beliefs" and refer the sufferer to a psychiatrist. In my experience of trudging from doctor to doctor, their minds are often closed and their manner condescending.
For this reason, I thank you for your fair, open-minded response.
May 2, 2011 at 8:59 AM

Pam Bryan said:
Hi Kenneth,
Thanks so much for your positive and open minded response. Best wishes for your ongoing studies. The world will be a better place with more inquisitive Dr's such as you practicing.
Pam
May 3, 2011 at 4:28 AM

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a new situation of fatigue that has persisted for at least 6 months and can be so serious that it disrupts the normal daily activities, at home and at work.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Adrenal Fatigue
Chapter 8 Fibromyalgia
Epilogue