Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Is it Just One Disease?
Health November 5th, 2009Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a very unpleasant chronic diseases one may have. Imagine you are continuously tired, you barely have the energy to get out of bed in the morning, and no matter how much you sleep, it doesn’t seem to recharge you - you are still sleepy. At this point, you start avoiding activities you once did and enjoyed, you miss social events because you’re too tired. You’re even afraid to drive in case you will fall asleep. That’s Chronic Fatigue, and these are all components of the chronic fatigue syndrome symptom list. And it doesn’t go away. It stays and steals your life.
I’ve had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for approximately two years now. I’ve tried numerous types of procedures. Most failed, but some were somewhat successful. All in all, I am much better now than when I was first diagnosed with CFS. During this process I learned a lot about Chronic Fatigue. Most importantly, I discovered that it is a general term that almost certainly refers to a large range of illnesses with similar symptoms, and there’s no one “chronic fatigue syndrome” disease. Even worse, no one truly understands the causes of extreme fatigue. As a result, what may work for one person, may not work for another. Nonetheless, there is a common root to many of these: the fact that the immune system is weak, which causes the body to feel fatigued.
There are multiple methods to treat this terrible illness, and in my website: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatments, I try to tackle as many as I can and am familiar with. Going to a sleep center (sleep apnea), B-12 injections, doing anti-yeast diets. All can be used, and all may - or may not - be cures for fatigue. I also bring relevant articles to enrich the horizons of those who are interested in studying this illness.