| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | | | | changes. Infectious mononucleosis, termed the |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is one of those | | | | âkissing disease,â was the first |
| obscure medical problems upon which researchers | | | | illness recognized as causing chronic fatigue. The |
| and physicians seem unable to agree. Some say it | | | | symptoms were flu-like: low-grade fever, |
| is caused by a virus, others say it is | | | | muscular aches and pains, headache and fatigue. |
| allergy-related or a symptom of depression, and | | | | The most discouraging part of the illness was that |
| others, not knowing what to think or say, suggest | | | | even if the person felt better for a while, the |
| it is all in the head. One thing is for sure; it | | | | symptoms returned. It was not unusual to have |
| severely debilitates its victims. | | | | recurring episodes of the illness for two to three |
| Sometimes, as medical knowledge progresses, | | | | years. |
| the understanding of a series of symptoms | | | | |