Chronic fatigue
Validation of the qi blood yin yang deficiency questionnaire on chronic fatigue
... Methods: Participants were recruited between May and June 2014 through the Kyung Hee University Korean Medicine hospital website and via posters and comprised 129 CF patients diagnosed with the United States Cent- ers ...
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Daily cytokine fluctuations, driven by leptin, are associated with fatigue severity in chronic fatigue syndrome: evidence of inflammatory pathology
... Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating disorder characterized by persistent fatigue that is not alleviated by ...daily fatigue severity would be ...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in children population – current knowledge summary
... The determination of the composition of the intestinal microflora from stool samples of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome proved that Escherichia coli bacteria accounted for 92.3% of the aerobic ...
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Identification of ambiguities in the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome research case definition and recommendations for resolution
... per fatigue rating scale were selected on a rather arbitrary ...(unexplained chronic fatigue, i.e. either CFS or idiopathic chronic fatigue) [1] ...
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Brain MR in chronic fatigue syndrome
... PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of MR white matter abnormalities in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHODS: Brain MR studies of 43 patients (29 women and 14 men, 22 to 78 years old) with ...
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Chronic fatigue syndrome in the emergency department
... online format, Internet survey dissemination, and access to, and skill working with, computers. While the CFS question- naire has been used extensively online, the other inquiries were unique to this study and will need ...
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Chronic fatigue syndrome and quality of life
... Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is a challenging long-term condition (LTC) with complex and fluctuating ...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Diagnostic Enigma
... unresolving fatigue seems to be ...for chronic fatigue ...for chronic fatigue syndrome in tropical travelers has been well documented ...with chronic fatigue syndrome. ...
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Human Herpesviruses in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
... Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a poorly understood disease of unknown ...debilitating fatigue that lasts more than 6 months and does not resolve with bed ...
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The Prevalence of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Radiotherapists
... 13. Guilleminault C, Poyares D, Rosa AD, Kirisoglu C, Almeida T, Lopes MC. Chronic fatigue, unrefreshing sleep and nocturnal polysomnography. Journal Sleep Medicine. 2006;7(6):513-20. 14. Hatcher S, House ...
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Mechanisms underlying fatigue: a voxel-based morphometric study of chronic fatigue syndrome
... disabling fatigue and a combination of symptoms, the prominent features being self-reported impairments in concentration and short-term memory, sleep distur- bances and musculoskeletal pain ...of chronic ...
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Effect of supplement with lactic-acid producing bacteria on fatigue and physical activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
... in chronic fatigue ...from chronic fatigue ...on fatigue and physical activity in CFS ...for chronic fatigue syndrome, were included in the ...high fatigue severity ...
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Persistent Burnout Theory of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
... of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and the main theories (behavioural and viral/immune) do not satisfactorily explain the ...central fatigue and CFS, I propose a model of CFS based on a state of ...
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The hidden cost of chronic fatigue to patients and their families
... of chronic fatigue were referred by doctors if they fulfilled the following ...Chalder fatigue scale which has been shown to be valid and reliable [10], (iii) be aged between 16 and 75, and (iv) have ...
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Immune and hemorheological changes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
... The primary objective of this study was to determine immunological and rheological characteristics of fatigue related conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). This is the first study to ...
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Chronic fatigue syndrome: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment
... Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterised by intense fatigue, with duration of over six months and associated to other related ...The fatigue becomes so severe that it forces a 50% reduction ...
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Evidence for a heritable predisposition to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
... The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) disease classifica- tion attempts to identify patients with a condition dis- tinct from the fatigue of other chronic ...unexplained, chronic ...
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Chronic fatigue syndrome: An update for psychiatrists
... Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a poorly under- stood condition primarily characterized by debilitate- ing, persistent or recurrent fatigue, increased physi- cal and mental fatigability, cognitive ...
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Acupuncture for chronic fatigue syndrome and idiopathic chronic fatigue: a multicenter, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial
... repetitive fatigue seriously influences the quality of life [1]. Fatigue that continues for more than 6 months is defined as chronic fatigue, and chronic fatigue for which no ...
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The relationship between irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, chronic fatigue and overactive bladder syndrome: a controlled study 6 years after acute gastrointestinal infection
... Disorders termed “functional” designate the presence of certain symptoms in the absence of physiological or biochemical abnormalities that would otherwise explain their existence [1]. Examples of functional disorders in- ...
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