Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is the medical name for a condition of extreme and persistent fatigue. To have a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a patient must meet the following two criteria: 1) have severe chronic fatigue for 6 months or longer with other known medical conditions excluded by clinical diagnosis, and 2) at the same time, have four or more of the following symptoms: substantial impairment in short-term memory or concentration; sore throat; tender lymph nodes; muscle pain; multijoint pain without swelling or redness; headaches of a new type, pattern, or severity; unrefreshing sleep; and discomfort after physical activity that lasts more than 24 hours. The symptoms must have persisted or recurred during 6 or more consecutive months and must not have predated the fatigue. When there is no apparent explanation or cause of fatigue, such as a disease, a diagnosis of CFS is given.
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- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, ME/CFS
- Research and analysis on ME/CFS, hosted by David Axford with editorial assistance from Ellen Goudsmit, Ph.D.
- AHMF: 2001 ME/CFS Conference
- Abstracts and poster presentations from the 2001 Clinical and Scientific Meeting held in Sydney, Australia.
- CFS Research by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
- Online "Questions and Answers" forum, newsletters and a full reprint of his latest double-blind study on treatments for CFS.
- Research and Treatment Publications on CFS
- Large collection of research articles on CFS from a variety of medical journals.
- The Nitric Oxide Hypothesis by M. Pall
- This paper is an overview of the work published by Prof. Martin Pall that CFS may be due a self-sustaining vicious cycle of overproduction of nitric oxide.
- AACFS Seattle Conference Report - January 2001
- Dr. Rosamund Vallings' report of the AACFS conference summarizing 2 days of research and clinical presentations.
- CFS Research Reviews
- Articles on CFS written by medical and research professionals.
- Archives of the Co-Cure ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Information Exchange Forum
- Public archives of information pertaining to ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) and fibromyalgia.
- Scientific Consultant Services, Inc.
- Site focuses on original, survey-based research regarding effectiveness of various treatments and classification of symptom patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalitis, and fibromyalgia. Visitors may respond to various surveys, thus contributing to knowledge of the condition.
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