Treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome
Abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a disorder which is characterised by profound fatigue together with a variety of other subjective clinical features which persist over a prolonged period of time….
Abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a disorder which is characterised by profound fatigue together with a variety of other subjective clinical features which persist over a prolonged period of time….
…virus expression in infected cells. The general symptomatology of postinfectious syndromes may be mediated by cytokines liberated as part of the infection. Part of the syndrome may also be due…
Abstract: Many different neurological and psychiatric syndromes follow viral infections, but their clinical pictures and pathogeneses are poorly understood. The syndromes include acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (post-infectious encephalomyelitis), the Guillain-Barre syndrome…
…jitter on single fibre EMG studies. While this is a sensitive technique which indicates a disturbance in the peripheral part of the motor unit, it is non-specific and its role…
Abstract: Patients with postviral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) usually complain of the skeletal muscle-related symptoms of fatigue and myalgia. It is not surprising therefore that the muscles have recently been the…
…mental disorders, and show how chronic fatigue syndrome relates to this model. It emerges that there are special vulnerability factors in these patients’ personalities before the viral illness, but the…
…did what, but also contributes to our understanding of the problems under scrutiny in this issue. Terminology is never easy in this subject, but the following conventions will be used:…
…with a specific causation. The real answer almost certainly lies somewhere in between, but the truth can only be established through epidemiological studies designed to answer key questions. Does it…
…occur. Cases of PVFS are still not recorded by the Surveillance Centre for Communicable Diseases, so it is very difficult to detect and monitor any outbreak in the community, since…
…the criteria (CEBV control subjects). We found few differences between groups in demographic characteristics, clinical features, and symptoms; CEBV cases were more likely to meet criteria for the proposed chronic…