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World Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic illness is a term used to represent a condition that is present over a prolonged period. A few examples of chronic illness include hypertension, diabetes and cancer. Of the numerous chronic illnesses known so far, chronic fatigue syndrome deserves special mention.While it is relatively easy to attribute the cause of diseases like AIDS and tuberculosis to the HIV virus or mycobacterium tuberculosis respectively, the exact cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome still remains a mystery. Nobody is immune to developing this condition. It can affect even the healthy!
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Calculator

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a complex, strange disorder characterized by extreme fatigue. Nobody is immune to developing this condition. It can affect even the healthy! The disease, of an unknown cause is three times more common in women than men. A person can have it for years, and yet go unnoticed. It can strike following an episode of illness such as cold or can also be associated with high levels of stress. In some cases, it might be difficult for the patient to pinpoint when it all began.
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Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction

Despite years of research on CFS, it has not been possible to pinpoint the exact cause of this strange and complex disorder. It is believed that chronic fatigue syndrome is a manifestation of autoimmune disorder, a condition in which the body’s immune cells recognise an individual’s own cells to be non-self and destroy it. Consistent with the above belief, may patients with CFS have been found to have high levels of circulating antinuclear autoantibodies, that cause self-destruction.
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