How do you tell whether you have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as “Myalgic Encephalopathy” or “ME”) or both? Are they completely unrelated disorders, sister illnesses that share similar symptoms, or one disease with two different names?
Although there is still some disagreement among experts, most believe they are two distinct disorders that have a number of symptoms in common. However, distinguishing one from the other can be difficult. Further complicating the...
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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain illness characterized by widespread pain, general fatigue and sleep disturbances. Because much of the pain and... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a chronic disorder characterized by debilitating fatigue of longer than six (6) months duration.CFS causes... Read more »
Chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalopathy or ME/CFS) should be diagnosed by a physician who is familiar with the illness and... Read more »
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