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Chronic Fatigue And Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

Health Encyclopedia: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Resources

Resources

www3.niaid.nih.gov -- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
www.cdc.gov/cfs - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome information
www.cfids.org -- The Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America
www.ncfsfa.org -- National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association
www.aacfs.org -- American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
www.theacpa.org -- American Chronic Pain Association
www.ampainsoc.org -- American...

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Expert & Community Posts

Encounters with the Invisible – Book Review

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a very personal... Read more »

New Discoveries About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert

...difficult disease to describe and diagnose called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). First, some... Read more »

Is There a Link Between Heart Disase and Fibromyalgia?

By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

...patients meet many of the diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. Three to six million... Read more »

Should You Get a Flu Shot?

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...for those of us with fibromyalgia or ME/CFS (aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), the question poses... Read more »

September is Pain Awareness Month

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...translates to between 9 and 18 million people in the U.S.Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic... Read more »

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Health Guide

The History of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Much of the history of chronic fatigue syndrome revolves around the efforts to define it and the debates over what to call it. Other diseases that started out being called by one name were later... Read more »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Causes

Currently, the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalopathy or ME/CFS) remains a mystery. While it frequently occurs following a cold, flu or viral infection, it can also... Read more »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment

To say that treating chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as “Myalgic Encephalopathy” or “ME/CFS”) is challenging would be an understatement. The cause of this mysterious illness remains... Read more »

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a condition of prolonged and severe tiredness or weariness (fatigue) that is not relieved by rest and is not directly caused by other conditions. To be... Read more »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Introduction

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes called immune dysfunction syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (in Europe), is not a new disorder. In the 19th century the term neurasthenia, or... Read more »

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