Health — Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  Who treats chronic fatigue syndrome?   Since there is no specific treatment protocol recommended for chronic fatigue syndrome, there isn’t a single doctor involved in managing CFS/ME patients. However, a psychiatrist, CFS clinic, as well as a physiotherapist have a very important role to play in this.   You’d be surprised to know why there are a number of health professionals involved in CFS/ME ? To understand this, it is very important for us to go into the details of the disease mechanism itself and how the signs and symptoms lead a patient to seeing different specialty doctors one...

  SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Chronic fatigue syndrome or Myalgic encephalomyelitis is condition in which the person has been experiencing debilitating fatigue for a period of six months or more. But the fatigue can not only be deemed as definitive symptom to diagnose a person of having chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).   Here in this article we shall try to provide you as much information as we can about the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome so you can try to understand this illness better and seek the proper help in case you need.   Chronic...

  TREATMENT OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME Chronic fatigue syndrome also called as Myalgic encephalomyelitis is the term used for enervating fatigue that is not eased with rest. It is characterized by weakening physical symptoms that make it difficult for the person to carry on with their social, personal and work life as normally as they would want to.   Here in this article you will find out all the necessary basic information about this life haltering condition, from what chronic fatigue syndrome is to how you can seek the treatment for it.   According to the criteria established by “The...

Who Diagnoses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?     Your GP initially diagnoses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. However, if there is any doubt, a GP then refers a patient to either CFS/ME clinic, an Internal Medicine doctor, a Rheumatologist or even a Psychiatrist depending on the facilities available.   Understanding the mechanism of a disease is essential to knowing the correlation of the relevant doctors to this syndrome. Therefore, we will be discussing the disease itself, its signs and symptoms and how they help a physician in diagnosing this, so that it can be managed under a suitable supervision.   What Is Chronic...