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| Did you know that spending long hours at your | | | | The CDC or Center for Disease Control and |
| computer can put your health at serious risk? | | | | Prevention estimated that over 500,000 people in |
| Most people does not even consider that | | | | the US have been diagnosed to have Chronic |
| possibility, but t does, Working at a desk is | | | | Fatigue Syndrome. Diagnosis of CHF is difficult |
| extremely hard on your body, and I would like to | | | | because it has similar symptoms as the other |
| share this with you so maybe you can avoid | | | | illnesses. The physician will first evaluate your |
| some of the most common health risks. One of | | | | condition and ask questions to rule out other |
| the most common one is: Chronic Fatigue. | | | | diseases that may have the same symptom. |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | | | | When everything has been eliminated, it is only |
| Tired and troubled? Experiencing severe fatigue | | | | then that the physician will come to a diagnosis of |
| that lasts for months and go back over and | | | | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. |
| over? | | | | It is important that patients who are suffering |
| Feeling tired is common, and depression is a | | | | from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome learns how to |
| condition that everyone goes through from time | | | | manage their moods and know what to do |
| to time. However, the chronic fatigue syndrome is | | | | whenever the disorder hits. Health providers |
| not similar to the simple emotional ups and downs | | | | suggest that people suffering from Chronic |
| that we experience sometimes. | | | | Fatigue Syndrome should try to always try to get |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome is medically known as | | | | adequate rest. Patient should also try to get a |
| myalgic encephalomyelitis, post-viral fatigue | | | | regular exercise, eating a balanced diet, and trying |
| syndrome. It targets the central nervous system. | | | | to pace yourself whenever stress gets too much |
| People who have this disorder usually complain of | | | | that you find it difficult to handle. |
| severe fatigue that is aggravated even by simple | | | | Patients will also benefit from medications to treat |
| exertion. The cause of chronic fatigue syndrome | | | | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The doctors usually |
| is not yet known, but some researches show | | | | prescribe a lower dose of anti-depressant |
| that this might be incurable. Some cases disappear | | | | because it might increase the level of fatigue of |
| over time and some people use medications to | | | | the patient or the frequency it occurs. But it also |
| relieve them of this disorder. | | | | helps to reduce the pain of people with the |
| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is medically defined as | | | | disorder. |
| a severe chronic fatigue thats lasts six months or | | | | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be mistaken with |
| over but other medical conditions should have | | | | other illnesses which have the same presentation. |
| been ruled out before a diagnosis of CFS can be | | | | These are fibromyalgia syndrome, neurasthenia, |
| made. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be | | | | and chronic mononucleosis. |
| precipitated by an illness. It may be a cold, or a | | | | Other conditions that may also result in fatigue |
| stomach upset, or may even begin after major | | | | include thyroid problems especially hypothyroidism, |
| stress. The symptoms of chronic fatigue | | | | eating disorders, autoimmune diseases, hormonal |
| syndrome are headache, muscle pain, inability to | | | | disorders, infections, narcolepsy, alcohol |
| concentrate, tenderness in the lymph nodes, and | | | | dependence, substance abuse, drug reactions, |
| fatigue that will not go away or may recur over | | | | psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and |
| the next several months. Patients also suffer | | | | bipolar affective disorders. |
| from headache, non refreshing sleep, sore throat, | | | | It is important to consult with a physician to |
| myalgia or muscle pain, and body malaise for over | | | | evaluate the symptoms the patient is having and |
| a day. | | | | to make sure that the patient does not have any |
| In the past, people call CFS yuppie flu | | | | other organic or systemic diseases that might |
| because it usually occurred on well-educated, | | | | cause excessive long-standing fatigue. Some |
| well-off middle-ages women. Doctors also noticed | | | | people also find it comforting to seek the help of |
| that this disorder often occurred in people from | | | | other people like rehabilitation experts to fully |
| mostly English speaking countries all over the | | | | understand the patient's condition. Some also talk |
| world. Women have a two to four times | | | | to other patients who are undergoing the same |
| increased risk of getting the chronic fatigue | | | | condition. |