| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an autoimmune | | | | laboratory tests or clinical signs for CFS and |
| disease, which can begin after a minor illness such | | | | diagnosis is primarily determined through |
| as a cold, or an intestinal bug. It also strikes | | | | symptoms alone. |
| people during periods of high stress; it may | | | | Over the past ten years, holistic healthcare |
| develop gradually with no clear illness or other | | | | providers have developed a new outlook on CFS; |
| event preceding it. CFS symptoms are painful and | | | | they believe that there is a Candida-related fungal |
| pesky--headaches, tender lymph nodes, fatigue, | | | | connection to CFS. While it is unclear whether |
| weakness, muscle and joint pain, and the inability | | | | Candida actually causes the disease, many |
| to concentrate, may intermittently plague an | | | | suffering from the illness have benefited from |
| individual for more than six months. The disease | | | | natural, anti-fungal remedies. Holistic healthcare |
| can also be stressful for friends and family as it | | | | practitioners aim to balance the body and heal the |
| primarily affects the central nervous system and | | | | cause of the illness, so that the symptoms |
| depresses the immune system of the individual. | | | | disappear completely. In addition to an accurate |
| The disorder may develop as a consequence of | | | | prognosis of CFS, holistic healthcare providers |
| the following issues: female hormonal imbalance, | | | | recommend the following lifestyle management |
| repeated administrations of antibiotic drugs in | | | | tools to aid in the treatment of CFS: a sugar-free |
| childhood, magnesium and zinc deficiencies, | | | | and nutritious diet, natural anti-fungal remedies, an |
| recurrent vaginal yeast infections, and diets high in | | | | unpolluted home and work environment, |
| sugar and alcohol. | | | | acupuncture, massage, chiropractic care, and |
| Due to the fact that CFS it is often times the | | | | emotional support. Nutritional supplements and |
| disease health care providers clinically diagnose | | | | herbs such as: magnesium, essential fatty acids, |
| after everything else has been ruled out--many | | | | zinc, Milk Thistle, Licorice, Dandelion Root and Leaf, |
| patients become extremely disheartened. | | | | Oregon Grape, and St. John's Wort are often |
| Unfortunately, CFS is often misdiagnosed as | | | | prescribed and may be implemental in the healing |
| neurotic or psychosomatic. There are no specific | | | | process. |