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Health Encyclopedia: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Causes

Causes

Theories abound about the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome. Indeed, no primary cause has been found that explains all cases of CFS, and no consistent biologic factors allow objective measures, such as blood tests or brain scans, to definitively diagnose the condition.

Overall, however, doctors are increasingly adopting the view that CFS probably denotes a disease category that includes a range of subtypes, in the same way that cancer is a broad term within which numerous specific forms oc...

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Expert & Community Posts

Hormones & Vulnerability to Stress

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...system known as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, or HPA. The HPA axis is a sophisticated... Read more »

COGNITIVE PROBLEMS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: Part I

By Dr. Gross , Health Expert

...inflammation in MS, whereas hyperactivity of the HPA axis has been linked to neurodegeneration... Read more »

What You Need to Know About Borderline Personality Disorder - Part l

By John McManamy , Health Expert

...schizophrenia, anxiety, ADD, and others occupying "Axis I." Meanwhile, borderline and other... Read more »

SNAKE!!!

By John McManamy , Health Expert

...hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal connection is known as the HPA axis. Kurt Vonnegut picks up... Read more »

Have You Raised a Teen Yet?? Here's Something You Should Know....

By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

...knocked my socks off - actaully, she knocked me off my axis!! Any script I wrote in my head... Read more »

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Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

...clinical similarities:Reduced blood flow in the cerebral cortex and midbrain Hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA) suppression Disturbed Stage 4 sleep Lower than normal serotonin levels Reduced levels... Read more »

Fibromyalgia: Causes

...also found abnormalities in the hormone system known as the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland (HAP) axis. The HAP axis controls important functions, including sleep, response to stress, and... Read more »

Causes

...damaging substance that may play a major destructive role in RA.The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Stress Hormones. Some research suggests that abnormalities in the... Read more »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Highlights

...same data set independently linked CFS with genes involved with the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and the sympathetic nervous system. These genes control the body's response to trauma,... Read more »

Allergic Rhinitis: Corticosteroids

...Corticosteroids suppress important stress and other hormones in a region of the brain called theHPA axis. The suppression of these hormonesblocks the inflammatory response that triggers an... Read more »

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