| Chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome can | | | | are still being researched. As it stands there is no |
| be such a frustrating disease. For one thing, it is | | | | way of treating the syndrome into full recovery. |
| very resistant to the traditional ways of | | | | Therefore the symptoms are treated individually |
| treatment. A lot of diagnosis maybe performed | | | | one by one using many forms of therapy and |
| and all the orthodox methods of healing maybe | | | | treatment. |
| carried out, and it still persists. | | | | And because traditional medicines and techniques |
| It is estimated that between 0.2% and 0.4% of | | | | are cannot guarantee full treatment, alternative |
| the population have ME/CFS. The illness affects all | | | | medicine capitalizes. With that, several |
| social classes, ethnic groups, and is twice as | | | | unconventional methods are developed and |
| common in women. | | | | performed. Fortunately, most of them are helpful |
| Some doctors have been sceptical as to whether | | | | in improving the patient's condition, as per the |
| ME/CFS exists as a real disease or is "all in the | | | | testimonials of patients who tried it. |
| mind". | | | | Chelation and holistic therapies, coupled with herbal |
| However, this controversy should have been | | | | and nutritional supplements are said to work best |
| effectively ended by a report from the Chief | | | | in a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| Medical Officer for England in 2002, which | | | | Although these methods are not totally |
| concluded that ME/CFS is a genuine and disabling | | | | recognized by the medical society, people opt for |
| condition. | | | | them, especially if they do make them feel |
| Medically, differential diagnosis is performed to | | | | better. When it comes to the chronic fatigue |
| analyze the cause of the certain symptoms the | | | | syndrome, recovery is somehow slow with |
| patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome | | | | traditional medicines, and so some patients are |
| experiences. Since this is a rather eccentric | | | | considering alternative healing instead. |
| disease, physicians have to use the elimination | | | | Whichever method one uses to heal ones self, its |
| process to accurately make a diagnosis. And | | | | important to remeber that you must go for |
| when they reach a working diagnosis, it means | | | | regular check ups for your doctor and keep on |
| the most probable underlying disease has been | | | | with whichever treatment you decide to follow. If |
| identified. The doctors then, give the | | | | one treatment doesnt work be strong and move |
| corresponding medications accordingly. But if the | | | | on to the next, but whatever happens do not |
| condition fails to improve despite the treatments | | | | give up as you will not be able to self heal by |
| given, the diagnosis has to be reconsidered. | | | | doing nothing. |
| Even today the methods for curing this condition | | | | |