| Do I have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)? | | | | symptoms. What symptoms will your doctor be |
| Thousands of people are asking themselves that | | | | on the lookout for? It's unlikely that they will have |
| every day, and for some of them the answer is | | | | adequately recorded the chronic nature of the |
| yes. Sufferers of CFS routinely go undiagnosed | | | | important symptoms in your medical file. This is |
| and therefore untreated - or worse - | | | | because medical databases in the past were |
| mis-diagnosed and mis-treated. Many of the | | | | limited and recorded your basic information and |
| symptoms of CFS can easily be mistaken for | | | | perhaps diagnoses but not necessarily symptoms. |
| other more commonly diagnosed illnesses such as | | | | Expanded medical information databases are new |
| the flu, viral infections, or stress. Where many | | | | and getting much better with regard to recording |
| doctors fail in their diagnosis of this disease is the | | | | symptoms and not simply diagnoses. |
| chronic (long term) element of the pervasive | | | | Your Doctor May Not See the Forest Through |
| symptoms associated with the other illnesses... in | | | | the Trees |
| other words - they fail to notice that you're | | | | What this means is that until your medical |
| visiting their office more than other patients. | | | | symptoms history gets long enough for your |
| Ask Questions About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | | | | doctor to be able to see and diagnose long term |
| If you think this could be happening to you one of | | | | (chronic) symptoms like those associated with |
| the important questions you can ask your doctor | | | | chronic fatigue syndrome, you're going to have to |
| is simply, "Do I have chronic fatigue syndrome?" | | | | be your own best source of information for your |
| Putting the question in your doctor's mind will | | | | doctor. Ask yourself, "Do I have chronic fatigue |
| force him or her to more carefully review your | | | | syndrome? |
| file for the frequency of visits and types of | | | | |