When you have fibromyalgia (FMS) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS), it's common for well-meaning people to say things like, "If you'd just exercise more, you'd feel better." Research points ...
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review the conceptual problems in distinguishing between undifferentiated somatoform disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome, for both may present with fatigue as the main symptom.
A substantial number of patients with sleep disturbed breathing fulfill criteria for the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, but not for fibromyalgia. In contrast, patients with insomnia ...
Objectives The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and describe illness characteristics in a community population in Poland.
In reply to ‘Bone Idle or ill?’, written by Jason Adams (Mailbag, August 2024), I have to agree that there is a lack of support for inmates struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome. I was diagnosed ...