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This web site offers information about
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and its diagnosis and treatment. In general,
in order to receive a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, a patient must
satisfy two criteria:
- Have severe chronic fatigue of six months or longer
duration with other known medical conditions excluded by clinical diagnosis,
and
- Concurrently have four or more of the following symptoms:
substantial impairment in short-term memory or concentration, sore throat,
tender lymph nodes, muscle pain, multi-joint pain without swelling or
redness, headaches of a new type, pattern or severity, unrefreshing
sleep, and post-exertional malaise
lasting more than 24 hours.
The symptoms must have
persisted or recurred during six or more consecutive months of illness
and must not have predated the fatigue.
- CFS Information
- This section will provide you with demographic
information such as how common CFS is, who is most susceptible,
whether it is contagious, and possible causes.
Questions about diagnosis, treatments, resources,
or rumors should be discussed with
your physician or other health care professional.
- Treatment
- As a service to you, this section provides basic
information about therapies that have been used for the treatment
of CFS patients.
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- This section describes a new Web-based, self-study course designed
to increase health providers' awareness and understanding of chronic
fatigue syndrome. Continuing education credits are available for health
providers who complete the course.
- Support Groups
- The section "How to select
a support group" briefly outlines what to look for, and what
to watch out for, when deciding on a support group.
- CFS Defined
- The core of the revised case definition
is a set of uniformly applicable guidelines for the clinical and research
evaluation of CFS and the other forms of fatigue.
- Meetings and Workshops
- This section provides descriptions of various CDC or HHS meetings
and workshops about CFS.
- Program Updates
- This section provides detailed updates of the activities of CDC's
CFS Research Program, including archived reports.
- Publications
- Summaries of all peer-reviewed publications by the CDC CFS are available
in this section.
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