Posted by Squiggles on March 4, 2007, at 15:32:06
In reply to Re: Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome real?, posted by notfred on March 4, 2007, at 14:01:23
> a patient must satisfy two criteria:
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> 1. Have severe chronic fatigue of six months or longer duration with other known medical conditions excluded by clinical diagnosis; and
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> 2. Concurrently have four or more of the following symptoms: substantial impairment in short-term memory or concentration; sore throat; tender lymph nodes; muscle pain; multi-joint pain without swelling or redness; headaches of a new type, pattern or severity; unrefreshing sleep; and post-exertional malaise lasting more than 24 hours.
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I know someone who has the symptoms. But if there were an attempt at diagnosis, it would take a lot of work to do the blood and neuro tests (exaggerating a bit, after seeing the Wikipedia article).Squiggles
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