What You Always Wanted to Know and Were Afraid to Ask About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome E-Book
Noah Daniels
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You’ve been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). You need answers to your questions about where to go from here. A wealth of information on CFS including statistics, treatment plans and disease management including alternative treatments. The information in this book will answer any questions you might have about your condition. Everything you could possibly want to know about CFS from its symptoms to alternative therapies to support groups. Confirmation of this diagnosis simply means changes in lifestyle and habits. Not being sidelined. Medical Research has made considerable progress into understanding CFS, though its cause remains a mystery. What this means for you and I is that there is an abundance of information available online, but it would make life much easier to one source for any questions or information you might need. It is more convenient and less time-consuming.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014
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What You Always Wanted to Know and Were Afraid to Ask About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Chapter 1 - What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is defined as a disease characterized by debilitating exhaustion, and flulike symptoms such as muscle pain, weakness, fever, swollen lymph glands and low-grade fever. It affects the Central Nervous System, Immune System, Cognitive abilities and is not eased by rest. Other problems generated or exacerbated by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are digestive disturbances, hypersensitivity, respiratory, cardiac problems and depression. Interestingly enough, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome primarily occurs in females; further research has revealed that in adults aged 40-50 there is a marked increase in diagnosed cases of CFS.
Due to the number of body systems affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a combination of patient history familiarity along with symptomatic criteria can exclude other diseases. The sudden onset of debilitating myalgia (muscle pain) and mental and physical exhaustion in a healthy person are many times the only warning the sufferer may get.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is at the forefront of controversy as it is difficult to diagnosis due to lack of one specific pathological finding consistent with the disease. There is however promising progress in various avenues of research to provide specific answers to the etiology or cause of this disease. Another challenge in diagnosing CFS is the fact that there are many diseases that have fatigue as a symptom. It therefore becomes necessary to exclude other diseases and narrow down the field of possibilities as it were.
In rare cases there has a 5-10% improvement in the symptoms associated with CFS but to date there are no reported cases where CFS was cured. Yet another side-effect associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is orthostatic intolerance. What this means to you and I is that when we stand up, because it requires maintenance of blood pressure, cerebral blood flow and consciousness which are all controlled by autonomous nervous system (involuntary control) requires that we sit back down because our bodies fail to compensate for the sudden 750ml of blood heading to our lower body.
Along with the myalgia (muscle pain) mentioned previously is arthralgia (joint pain). As you can imagine these symptoms in and of themselves would be problematical but when combined together they negatively impact productivity and health in persons who suffer from this disease.
Chapter 2 - What Factors Contribute to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Though specific causes of CFS are unknown at this time research has shown the following factors can possibly impact development of the disease:
Gender (CFS most frequently occurs in women age 30-50
Presence of Epstein-Barr virus or HHV-6 (Human Herpes Virus 6)
Compromised immune system
Stress
Environment
Prior illness particularly in relation to viral infections
Inflammation of pathways in the nervous system
Genetics
Bottom line is that the medical community has much research to do in determining who is at risk and why. Then and only then can effective treatment plans be developed that can improve the quality of life so they are no longer 50% active in daily activities but can lead a fairly normal life.
