ReviewBMC psychiatry2009
Chronic fatigue syndrome: aetiology, diagnosis and treatment.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 213 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Adiponectin Potentially Contributes to the Antidepressive Effects of Baduanjin Qigong Exercise in Women With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Like Illness.Cell transplantation · 2017Trial
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- Effectiveness and Safety of a Supplement Containing a Pharmacologically Active Basidiomycete Mushroom for Chronic Fatigue and Post-COVID-19 Fatigue Syndrome: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Chronic inflammatory response syndrome: a review of the evidence of clinical efficacy of treatment.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- Identifying microRNAs Possibly Implicated in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Exploring the Spectrum of VEGF Inhibitors' Toxicities from Systemic to Intra-Vitreal Usage in Medical Practice.Cancers · 2024Review
- Exploring the shared mechanism of fatigue between systemic lupus erythematosus and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: monocytic dysregulation and drug repurposing.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Nutrient Therapy for the Improvement of Fatigue Symptoms.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Autoimmune gene expression profiling of fingerstick whole blood in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.Journal of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Altered Effective Connectivity of Resting-State Networks by Tai Chi Chuan in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients: A Multivariate Granger Causality Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- The Qigong of Prolong Life With Nine Turn Method Relieve Fatigue, Sleep, Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Follow-up of COVID-19 recovered patients with mild disease.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Postdengue chronic fatigue syndrome in an adolescent boy.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- A Comprehensive Update of the Current Understanding of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021Review
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome and the cardiovascular system: What is known?American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2021Review
- Mind-Body Health Benefits of Traditional ChineseEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Review
- Relationship between Fatigue and Physical Activity in a Polish Cohort of Multiple Sclerosis Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Risk Factors for Interstitial Cystitis in the General Population and in Individuals With Depression.International neurourology journal · 2019Article
- Multidimensional Comparison of Cancer-Related Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Role of Psychophysiological Markers.Psychiatry investigation · 2019Article
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Abstract
Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterised by intense fatigue, with duration of over six months and associated to other related symptoms. The latter include asthenia and easily induced tiredness that is not recovered after a night's sleep. The fatigue becomes so severe that it forces a 50% reduction in daily activities. Given its unknown aetiology, different hypotheses have been considered to explain the origin of the condition (from immunological disorders to the presence of post-traumatic oxidative stress), although there are no conclusive diagnostic tests. Diagnosis is established through the exclusion of other diseases causing fatigue. This syndrome is rare in childhood and adolescence, although the fatigue symptom per se is quite common in paediatric patients. Currently, no curative treatment exists for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. The therapeutic approach to this syndrome requires a combination of different therapeutic modalities. The specific characteristics of the symptomatology of patients with chronic fatigue require a rapid adaptation of the educational, healthcare and social systems to prevent the problems derived from current systems. Such patients require multidisciplinary management due to the multiple and different issues affecting them. This document was realized by one of the Interdisciplinary Work Groups from the Institute for Rare Diseases, and its aim is to point out the main social and care needs for people affected with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. For this, it includes not only the view of representatives for different scientific societies, but also the patient associations view, because they know the true history of their social and sanitary needs. In an interdisciplinary approach, this work also reviews the principal scientific, medical, socio-sanitary and psychological aspects of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
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