Posted by Larry Hoover on March 4, 2007, at 17:12:23
In reply to Re: Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome real?, posted by Squiggles on March 4, 2007, at 15:32:06
> 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).
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> SquigglesAs it currently is diagnosed, all possible alternative explanations must be ruled out. Although I suppose it makes sense to test for some of these serious morbidities, there is no reason someone might not jump straight into treatment. The link I earlier provided has treatment strategies summarized on the main page. http://molecular.biosciences.wsu.edu/Faculty/pall/pall_main.htm
Lar
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