Attempts to diagnose the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have failed. The CFS symptom picture is similar to other poorly understood conditions such as Gulf War Syndrome, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and fibromyalgia. They all share common symptom patterns that defy attempts to define the causes.
Chronic fatigue plaques a large percent of the population while a diagnosis of CFS applies to fewer than 2% of the population. These conditions show multiple symptoms and enough different ones need to be present for a diagnosis of CFS. The symptoms experienced by those diagnosed with CFS are more severe and debilitating than those that disturb people with chronic fatigue.
A small percentage of chronic fatigue sufferers are diagnosed with CFS. The symptoms experienced by people with CFS include:
* concentration and memory problems
* concentration and memory problems
* headaches
Additional symptoms include:
* psychiatric problems
* feverishness
* skeletal muscle pain
* skeletal muscle pain
* sleep disturbances
* skeletal muscle pain
People’s lives are disrupted as a result of the symptoms and often lose jobs, have social problems, and get divorced. Even across the spectrum of the more severe symptoms of CFS, chronic fatigue sufferers can experience the same life-changing situations.
The Causes of Chronic Fatigue are Many and Don’t Allow for a One Cause/One Disease Diagnosis
There is much medical work going on to try to figure out what causes these syndromes which make such a huge impact on people’s lives. Daily chronic fatigue plaques a large portion of the population.
Is it possible that vaccines are implicated in some of the chronic diseases of our time? This burning question is all over the news particularly in the condition of autism. Recent research implicated vaccines as one of the causes of Gulf War Syndrome. The idea behind vaccines is to stimulate a protective effect by activating the immune system. But if it turns-on and stays on, then it begins to do damage itself and may lead to the symptoms of CFS.
The research was clear: vaccines, such as that used to fight anthrax, were involved in the cause of Gulf War Syndrome which is just another part of the chronic fatigue classification. This goes against the prevailing viewpoint and a great deal of resistance will arise to squash this notion so it doesn’t get a strong start.
For the reason that no medical diagnosis can be made, it may be time to look at alternatives to the prevailing belief system. It’s not well understood, but there are alternatives to modern medical viewpoints. Although medicine will argue against any attempts to side-step it, there are many other ways to strengthen the immune system and deal with toxic exposures such as vaccines.
It’s clear that chronic fatigue and CFS patients possess an immune system imbalance. There is decreased function in:
* macrophages
* macrophages
* NK cells
As of now, there’s no obvious connection between CFS and an abnormal immune system. This lack of clarity is what clouds the picture of trying to figue out what’s going on. This lack of success has gone on a long time and opens the door to look at therapies that are outside of the mainstream medical community.