Monday, July 21, 2014

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is  characterized by intense fatigue of unknown cause, which is permanent and limits the patient's functional capacity, producing various degrees of disability.
It combines, since at least six months :
  • a sensation of intense tiredness, of infectious kind, with at least 50 % reduction of daily activity;
  • memory, concentration, and mood disorders, which can remind of a depressive or generalized anxiety chart
  • functional disorders  (locomotor, digestive, cardio-respiratory...) like "somatization" symptoms (hypocondria, hysteria...).
  • Sleep disorders: insomnia, hypersleepiness 
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