| The medical diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome | | | | conditions suffered by the vast majority of the |
| (CFS) is complex due to its similarity to other | | | | population. |
| ill-defined disorders including fibromyalgia, Gulf War | | | | One interesting new piece of research about Gulf |
| Syndrome, and Sjogren's Syndrome. There's a | | | | War Syndrome was the notion that vaccines |
| significant overlap between the symptoms | | | | administered to soldiers, such as anthrax, caused |
| associated with each of these conditions. | | | | the condition. It has been shown that viruses and |
| CFS is considered by medicine today to be a | | | | vaccines induce an immune system response that |
| subclass of chronic fatigue. This condition is | | | | does not turn off. What follows is a chronic |
| characterized by the lack of defining symptoms | | | | activation of the immune system that's clinically |
| that allow for a medical diagnosis. The pathology | | | | expressed as the symptoms of CFS. |
| and causes of these fatigue syndromes are | | | | What's interesting about this observation is that it |
| unknown. | | | | supports the arguments of many parents of |
| Only 1-2% of patients with chronic fatigue receive | | | | autistic children that vaccines were a prime factor |
| a diagnosis of CFS. CFS patients suffer from: | | | | in the cause of autism. The medical establishment |
| * disabling fatigue | | | | and government, however, have squashed these |
| * headaches | | | | assertions. |
| * concentration and memory problems | | | | Maybe taking a page out of non-medical |
| Additional symptoms include: | | | | treatments for autism, including the use of |
| * sore throats | | | | immune system builders such as colostrum, may |
| * tender lymph nodes | | | | be a good move. This points the way to the use |
| * skeletal muscle pain | | | | of many unapproved-by-medicine treatments that |
| * feverishness | | | | rely on stimulating the body's natural healing |
| * sleep disturbances | | | | response rather than the current over-reliance on |
| * psychiatric problems | | | | prescription medicines. |
| Due to these complaints, people often face social | | | | It's clear that chronic fatigue and CFS patients |
| problems, loss of jobs, and the break-up of | | | | possess an immune system imbalance. There is |
| marriages. Although these symptoms are often | | | | decreased function in: |
| less severe in one with chronic fatigue (no | | | | * NK cells |
| diagnosis), the complications of living with this | | | | * macrophages |
| condition are similar to CFS (diagnosed). | | | | * other immune system markers |
| Chronic Fatigue Causes are Multi-Factorial and | | | | Yet, there is no clear link between abnormal |
| Defy One-Cause-Fits-All Descriptions | | | | immunity and CFS. That's what makes this whole |
| Scientists and medical doctors are desperately | | | | subject so difficult to define and leads one to |
| trying to unravel the mysteries of these | | | | realize that only out-of-the-box solutions are |
| conditions which disrupt the lives of so many | | | | workable to help provide relief for those who |
| millions of people. Fatigue is one of the major | | | | suffer from chronic fatigue. |